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Drawing the printer as it really looked shortened the icon's life; stopping sooner and drawing something simpler would have made it last.

Drawn from what Susan Kare said

Subjectsdesignsimplicity
What these subjects mean

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

simplicity Less, but better: reduction as the way to make something good, and the argument about when it goes too far.

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What Susan Kare actually said

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  1. Susan Kare

    Graphic designer and type designer

    But again, too much detail. It would have had a much longer lifespan if I had just stopped and made it simpler.

    Where this was said

    Watch from 21:38 plays here

    ↗Susan Kare: Designing Icons & Graphics For the Original Macyoutube.com

    video · 51m · spoken · machine transcript

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