I don't think very many folks realise just how much of the look & feel of the early Macs either came from Susan Kare or was inspired by her (in my estimation: almost all of it). She had a real gift for using the limitations of small icons and no colour to produce amazing and evocative art.

In a lot of ways, I miss those old days of large B&W pixels. Kinda like the rules of a sonnet, they enabled artists like Kare to create beauty.