The design represents a happy computer screen and a happy user, in lighter blue. It became the face of the Mac, and it was licensed to use by developers as part of the Made for Mac branding campaign.

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The image was eliminated from the operating system when Mac OS X arrived, only surviving in the Finder's icon which lives in every dock of every iMac, MacBook and Mac Pro.

Apple's Think Different campaign also featured Picasso, both in the iconic video and the series of black and white posters featuring His Steveness' creative heroes. [Macintouch]