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Susan Kare: Designing Icons & Graphics For the Original Mac

aired Aug 28, 2026 · 51.0m
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Summary

Hello, I'm Susan Kerr, and now for something completely different. I've been an iconographer and designer, worked on a lot of tech projects, and I want to talk about a tech startup I worked for when, even though the Macintosh group was part of Apple, but I think a lot of the experiences resonate with some of the topics that I've heard here today.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, kind, because, including: I've been an iconographer and designer, worked on a lot of tech projects, and I want to talk about a tech startup I worked for when, even though the Macintosh group was part of App.

Key takeaways
  1. 01and I thought I was living my dream, going out to my garage, welding all day
  2. 02And in a funny twist of fate, as much as I had wanted to be an artist, um now that notebook with those early icons that I took to my interview is in the permanent collection of MoM
  3. 03And we thought about, you know, thought maybe a lasso would be a good way to surround an irregular region and some other art tools
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