H-FedHist Public Program: Mac icon designer Susan Kare, May 8 at NMAH

Discussion published by Eric Hintz on Thursday, May 3, 2018

Graphic designer Susan Kare has been called the “the Betsy Ross of the personal computer,” the “Queen of Look and Feel,” the “Matisse of computer icons,” and the “mother of the Mac can.” Kare is best known for designing the distinctive icons, , and other graphic elements that gave the Apple its characteristic—and widely emulated—look and feel. Since then, Kare has spent the last three decades designing elements for many of the leading software and Internet firms. If you have clicked on an icon to save a file or tapped your smart phone screen to launch a mobile app, then you have benefited from Kare’s designs. Lemelson Center historian Eric S. Hintz will interview Kare about her fascinating career, followed by questions from the audience.

Innovative Lives: Susan Kare Presented by the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 6:30 p.m. – 8:30p.m. Wallace H. Coulter Performance Plaza, 1 West Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Constitution Avenue between 12th and 14th Streets NW Washington, DC

Details: http://invention.si.edu/about/events/innovative-lives-susan-kare

Tickets are FREE: register at https://innovativelives2018.eventbrite.com

Related date: May 8, 2018

Citation: Eric Hintz. Public Program: Mac icon designer Susan Kare, May 8 at NMAH. H-FedHist. 05-03-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/5299/discussions/1785233/public-program-mac-icon-designer-susan-kare-may-8-nmah Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1