---
title: Inspiration
categories:
- work
content-tags:
- apple
- design
- nintendo
- iconography
- brand
---

The influence of Apple design on Nintendo is undeniable in this icon that appears upon successful registration of a product serial number on [my.nintendo.com][1].

![my_nintendo.gif](/media/2007-01-02-inspiration/my_nintendo.gif)

Compare this to the user icon that I believe first appeared in System 7, but was prevalent in AppleShare and Mac OS 8.

![8_user.gif](/media/2007-01-02-inspiration/8_user.gif)

And countless observers have commented on the [Ivian][4] feel to the DS lite.  Now if they'd just get more formal and let us play DS games on our iPod, or use the [Wii][5] as an ["iTV"][6].

(I've tried to determine if the Apple icon was designed by [Susan Kare][7] but can find no history for it.)

   [1]: http://my.nintendo.com
   [4]: http://www.designmuseum.org/design/jonathan-ive
   [5]: http://www.nintendo.com/channel/wii
   [6]: http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-apple-itv-prototype/
   [7]: http://www.kare.com/
