Susan Kare is one of the notable contemporary American graphic designers. During the 1980s, she developed many of the interface elements for the Apple Macintosh. She worked as a creative director for the business NeXT that Steve Jobs founded after leaving Apple.
Kare’s most famous creations from her time with Apple is the Chicago typeface. It was the most prominent typeface for the user interface, applied not only in Classic Mac OS but also the first four generations of Apple iPod interface. Another one of her recognizable creations were the original monospace Monaco typeface and Geneva typeface. Besides, her long list of original creations includes the symbol on the Command key on Apple keyboards, the welcome screen icon the Happy Mac that greeted the users when the machine is turned on and Clarus the Dogcow.
According to Susan Kare, good icons should be more efficient like road signs rather than mere illustrations. They should be easily comprehended and keep the users from getting confused by extraneous details. She is of the view that out of million colours all the colours don’t need to be incorporated in the icons and that once a well-crafted and meaningful icon is designed it doesn’t need to be resigned frequently.
Ciaran :3 