SCOUT· 67%51m·2026-08-28·TechnologySusan Kare: Designing Icons & Graphics For the Original Mac
Susan Kare joined Apple as an art history PhD who barely knew anything about computers. She went on to design many of the icons, typefaces, and symbols that helped make the original Macintosh feel understandable and human, defining a visual language for personal computing that still influences software today.At…
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