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WIRED — Meet the Woman Who Launched a Billion Clicks

WIRED — Meet the Woman Who Launched a Billion Clicks

Designer Susan Kare is the icon of icons. Her presence, as screen graphics and digital font designer at Apple in the '80s, helped establish the paradigm of icons as a navigational tool in graphical user interfaces.

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dwell — Susan Kare

Thirty years ago, an Apple designer helped define the future of personal computers with three iconic icons.

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Laughing Squid — The Design Sketches of Apple Macintosh Icon Designer Susan Kare

Laughing Squid — The Design Sketches of Apple Macintosh Icon Designer Susan Kare

Steve Silberman of NeuroTribes has posted a fascinating article about graphic designer Susan Kare, the icon and font designer for the original 1984 Apple Macintosh graphical user interface.

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Business Insider — Q&A With Susan Kare

Business Insider — Q&A With Susan Kare

Q&A With Susan Kare: The Woman Behind The Original Mac Icon And Facebook's Gift Icons. Susan Kare designed the smiling Macintosh, Facebook's gifts icons, and many of the tech world's signature images.

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Adweek — Iconic Icons

Susan Kare, the former Apple designer behind the 'Happy Mac' icon, discusses a well-designed life.

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