Susan Kare

Susan Kare's first job was working in the Museum of Modern Art until one day she got a call from a high school friend to come work for Apple Inc. and design the user interface graphics. She was then offered a job as a Creative Director in Apple Creative Services. She designed many of the icons, typefaces and original marketing material for Apple's operating system. Her work from the 80's can still be seen in modern Apple operating systems such as the lasso, grabber and paint bucket. Her most recognizable typefaces are Chicago (Classic Mac OS, and first four generations of Apple iPod), Geneva typeface and the Monaco typeface. She has also created the Apple command key as well as the Happy Mac. After leaving Apple she joined NeXt as the Creative Director, until finally becoming a successful independent designer. Once she went independent she worked with clients such as IBM and Microsoft. For Microsoft she created the card deck for Windows 3.0 solitaire, as well as numerous other icons. Many of her icons remained unchanged for Note Pad and command keys until Windows XP was introduced.