The Macintosh Icons set is what started Susan Kare on her current career path. She enjoyed her time working at Apple immensely, and to this day remembers those times fondly. She is still proud of the icons she created, many of which she considers to be works of art.
Found some vintage AppleLink-era icon studies. : n ) pic.twitter.com/dVW2KP1gub
— Susan Kare (@SusanKare) March 21, 2021
Although icon design has moved away from cute icons and more towards flat, colorful, and simplistic icons, the example of Susan Kare’s Macintosh Icons shows us that there is still room for cute icons.
Here is a digital translation of graphic designer Susan Kare’s iconset for Apple Macintosh in 1982. Feel free to duplicate it on Figma and export icons as PNG, JPG, PDF, and SVG files.
Icons Included:
- Macintosh Happy
- Macintosh Unhappy
- Macintosh Working
- Bin
- Bomb
- Watch
- Save
- Save As
- File Text
- File Vector
- File Graphic
- New
- New Text
- New Vector
- New Graphic
- New Type
- Compressed File
- Font Kit
- Font Stack
- Command
- Cow
- Alert
- Prompt
- AppleLink
- Fax
- Fax To
- Inbox
- Inbox In
- Inbox Out
- Mail Drowned
- Mail Wings
- News Headlines
- Newspaper
- Easy Access
- Quick Access
- Direct Access
- Folder
- Folder Speedy
- Folder Hierarchy
- Compressed Package
- Box
- Desk Drawer
- Top Drawer
- Global
- Library
- Personal Area
- Threaded
Preview:
Download Information:
This iconset was created by Casper Lourens and you can preview it on the Resource page.
You can also duplicate it on Figma.