Susan Kare received Cooper Hewitt's National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2019.
On October 17, 2019, Susan Kare was honored with the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award ceremony took place during the National Design Awards Gala in New York City. This accolade celebrated Kare's enduring impact on the field of visual design, acknowledging her innovation and creativity, which have defined the standard for intuitive and approachable user interfaces. Her pioneering work in pixel-based design has become a foundational element in digital communication and user experience design.