THE Tech Scoop » Macintosh http://www.thetechscoop.net Your World and the Technology That Goes With It Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:46:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Susan Kare: ‘The Betsy Ross of the Personal Computer’ http://www.thetechscoop.net/2011/04/08/susan-kare-the-betsy-ross-of-the-personal-computer/ http://www.thetechscoop.net/2011/04/08/susan-kare-the-betsy-ross-of-the-personal-computer/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:09:57 +0000 James Hicks http://www.thetechscoop.net/?p=21555 Susan Kare, the noted interface designer, once referred to by the New York Times as “the Betsy Ross of the personal computer,” is now offering prints of some of her most engaging icons – the visual metaphors for computer commands – at Kare Prints.

Some of the prints offered feature her original icons for Apple’s Macintosh. The limited editions come in a range of colors and sizes and are numbered and signed.

 

About Susan Kare

Kare is a pioneering and influential computer iconographer based in San Francisco. She has designed thousands of icons for the world’s leading companies that have become familiar to anyone who uses a computer. Her icons are more like road signs than illustrations – clear, concise, and instantly recognizable – where the meaning is unambiguous.

New York’s Museum of Modern Art describes her work: “Constructed with mosaic-like precision, her icons communicate their function immediately and memorably, and with style.”

Keep up with Susan and her work on her website | Facebook | Twitter

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]]> http://www.thetechscoop.net/2011/04/08/susan-kare-the-betsy-ross-of-the-personal-computer/feed/ 0 The Apple Evolution http://www.thetechscoop.net/2010/01/26/the-apple-evolution/ http://www.thetechscoop.net/2010/01/26/the-apple-evolution/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:41:24 +0000 James Hicks http://www.thetechscoop.net/?p=993 As we prepare for tomorrow’s much anticipated product announcement/release from Apple (gotta love Steve’s “…one more thing“)

Take a moment of time to look at this fun retrospective that The Wall Street Journal has put together looking at some of the big winners throughout the history of Apple.

Click the image below to go to the online slideshow.

After reading that, check out this article showing, finally, that Apple acknowledges what we’ve all though already, that something huge is coming down the pipe tomorrow

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Not sure, but the suspense as we wait until the event this Wednesday is sure fun.

Your thoughts?

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