Does anyone know what Kare did for SGI, as in 'Silicon Graphics'? I had her down as having designed the icons for the 'Indigo Magic Desktop' however there is barely a mention on the web.
For those that can't quite remember, the SGI icons were special in that they were vector rather than bitmap. They were also a lot more classy and polished than any other icons available anywhere else, at the time the SGI desktop was deluxe compared to normal computers, and I thought Susan Kare's work was part of this now forgotten chapter.
She confirms she worked on the Indigo Magic Desktop (mainly designing icons), but says she can't recall the exact scope of her work: "It was LONG ago but I will see if I can dig it up...sorry not to be able to summon this up!"
The SGI icons gave much better feedback with animations when you clicked on them, they had quaint drop shadows, let you know if they were open already and showed if they were links or not. They had so much going for them. Someone, e.g. at Canonical, should revisit this aspect of the SGI desktop and ask Susan Kare to apply her touch to something new yet derived from the SGI work. Just having her name to an Ubuntu desktop would win over design snobs who don't see whatever you get on Linux as 'design worthy'.
Do keep me updated as I still believe everything SGI was the best ever. Thanks!
For those that can't quite remember, the SGI icons were special in that they were vector rather than bitmap. They were also a lot more classy and polished than any other icons available anywhere else, at the time the SGI desktop was deluxe compared to normal computers, and I thought Susan Kare's work was part of this now forgotten chapter.