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July 31, 2015 05:00 pm GMT

Pinterest hires Macintosh icon pioneer Susan Kare

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Pinterest is about to get a boost with the hiring of Macintosh icon designer Susan Kare.

Kare, 61, is joining the social network as a product design lead, where she will influence the way Pinterest looks — much in the same way she helped shape the original Macintosh software experience

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You'll likely recognize many of Kare's iconic designs. She began working for Apple as a contractor in the early 1980s; many of her designs for the Macintosh's graphic user interface (GUI) have remained the cornerstones for decades, including the cut-and-paste, save and volume iconsHer Chicago typeface was Apple's font of choice for the first four generations of the iPod. Read more...

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