A Better-Looking Dinner Table from the Designer Behind Apple’s Early Computer Graphics

Bitmap icons lay the foundation for Susan Kare’s latest design.

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Susan Kare, a digital design pioneer and creator of the icons and fonts for Apple’s original Macintosh operating system, is bringing pixelated images into the real world. First noted by Fast Company, Kare has teamed up with housewares company Areaware for a series of double-woven jacquard coasters, tea towels, napkins and placemats made from organic cotton. While not direct copies of Kare’s icons for Apple, the tableware is similarly two-toned and gridded — the ideal upgrade for design obsessives and Apple nerds.