Susan Kare is an American artist and graphic designer who was born on February 5, (1954) in New York. She is best known for her interface elements and typeface contributions to the first Apple Macintosh from 1983 to 1986. She worked in Apple and after was a Creative Director at NeXT, the company formed by Steve Jobs after he left Apple in 1985.

You should have, even once in your life interact with her design creations (especially if you are reading this now). Because all those icons where initially born by the hands of this unprecedented designer. “Woman who gave the Macintosh a smile” and a distinct characteristic. She gave not only the smile to it, but also the quality of a something more humane and living because her designs reflect just that.

“Bitmap graphics are like mosaics and needlepoint and other pseudo-digital art forms, all of which I had practiced before going to Apple,” recalled Kare. “I didn’t have any computer experience, but I had experience in graphic design.”