Pinterest Hires Mac Design Legend Susan Kare

Susan Kare, the legendary dressmaker behind the unique Mac’s icons and fonts (and, more not too long ago, a killer set of pixel artwork tits for playing cards towards Humanity), is hoisting her pirate flag at a new Silicon Valley firm: Pinterest

Kare can be joining the Pinterest inventive group as product design lead, reporting to Pinterest’s head of product, Bob Baxley. Her directive can be to enhance the company’s interfaces, however except for that, small print are obscure.

“As one of the vital small group of people that helped invent and popularize the graphical user interface, Susan’s contributions to this business are immeasurable,” mentioned Pinterest cofounder and chief creative officer Evan Sharp. “more exciting for us, although, are her present and future contributions at Pinterest. We’re at all times in search of that uncommon intersection of talent and humility…”

Kare’s affect on the design world has been so profound that her work is displayed in ny’s Museum of up to date artwork. After getting her start at Apple within the early ’80s via lying her method right into a design job, Kare quickly was a pioneer in early laptop iconography and typography. The happy Mac icon, facebook’s virtual presents, the windows solitaire playing cards, and the Chicago font that shipped on the primary 4 generations of iPods are all her designs, to call only a few.

Kare’s observation on her new position is brief, bubbly, and to the purpose. “From the first time I met Evan Sharp and Bob Baxley, I felt in sync with the Pinterest design philosophy and company vision,” she says. “I’m looking forward to working with such a passionate design crew; the skill pool at Pinterest is spectacular, and that i’m excited to get started.”