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American artist and graphic designer (born 1954)

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Born
( 1954-02-05 ) February 5, 1954 (age 72) , Ithaca, New York , U.S.
Education
Mount Holyoke College ( BA ) , New York University ( MA , PhD )
Occupation
Graphic designer
Known for
Contemporary American design
Notable work
GUI design language and product launch of the Macintosh
Spouse
Jay Tannenbaum ​ ( divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2011 ) ​
Relatives
Jordin Kare (brother)
Website
kare .com

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Susan Kare. Sketches for Graphic User Interface Icons. 1982–83 | MoMA

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Happy Mac icon (late 1980s) Susan Kare (/kɛər/ KAIR; born February 5, 1954) is an American artist and graphic designer, who contributed interface elements and typefaces for the first Apple Macintosh personal computer from 1983 to 1986. She was employee #10 and creative director at NeXT, the company formed by Steve Jobs after he left Apple in 1985. She has worked as a design consultant to Microsoft, IBM, Sony Pictures, Facebook, and Pinterest. As of 2023, Kare is employed at Niantic Labs. As a pioneer of pixel art and of the graphical computer interface, she has been celebrated as one of the most significant designers of modern technology.

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