Posted Jul 20, 2026 at 7:02 AM UTCTYoutubeWatch this Susan Kare doc.The reputable Design Docs YouTube channel has a new documentary about Apple’s first graphic designer. Kare is responsible for the smiling Mac icon, that weird looped-square Command symbol still found on Apple keyboards, and many other “pictures that taught a generation of nervous, non-technical people that a computer could be approached without fear.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Thomas Ricker
Watch this Susan Kare doc.
The reputable Design Docs YouTube channel has a new documentary about Apple’s first graphic designer. Kare is responsible for the smiling Mac icon, that weird looped-square Command symbol still found on Apple keyboards, and many other “pictures that taught a generation of nervous, non-technical people that a computer could be approached without fear.” [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOqjtRPvZuo]
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