Susan Kare Professions : Graphic Designer Born : April 6, 1954 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Susan Kare And with it all, good design's not about what medium you're working in, it's about thinking hard about what you want to do and what you have to work with before you start.” Susan Kare good-design thinking People say graphic design is so different now, because you have so many more pixels and colors to work with... But when you study art history, you see there's just nothing new under the sun. Mosaics and needlework, it's all analogous to pixel and bitmap art. And with it all, good design's not about what medium you're working in, it's about thinking hard about what you want to do and what you have to work with before you start. Susan Kare people art thinking I don't use work from the past as a literal guide; rather, those artifacts reinforce a view that simple images can communicate with wide audiences over time. Icon design is like solving a puzzle, trying to marry an image and idea that, ideally, will be easy for people to understand and remember. Susan Kare simple people past When you study art history, you learn that there is very little that is completely new, and in many ways digital art is no different. I love to derive inspiration from all types of images: mosaics, hieroglyphics, petroglyphs, woven patterns in textiles, and needlework. There is a lot of very good "pixel" design work before the 20th century, like a 1760 sampler by Elizabeth Laidman that looks like a bitmap font. Susan Kare design inspiration art Similar Authors Bruno Monguzzi graphic-designer Brian Webb graphic-designer Armin Hofmann graphic-designer April Greiman graphic-designer Alvin Lustig graphic-designer Alexey Brodovitch graphic-designer All Authors
