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Yep, that’s what I mean. Art comes from restriction, and the designers at Microsoft did really charming stuff with what they had to work with. I still vividly
by anyfoo 2y ago
Yep, that’s what I mean. Art comes from restriction, and the designers at Microsoft did really charming stuff with what they had to work with.
I still vividly remember such simple but delightful things as the Excel icon, or the icon of a stylized 386 processor for the System category in Control Panel.
- Lammy 2y ago> the designers at Microsoft Susan Kare did a lot of those! I love how they're just as expressive at 16-colors as at higher color depths. https://www.stardock.com/blog/502254/the-evolution-of-computer-icons https://www.stardock.com/blog/502254/the-evolution-of-comput...
- anyfoo 2y agoAh, thanks for telling me that. I had absolutely no idea she had any involvement, but now it makes perfect sense.