Things I Like(d) - Issue #28: Emoji 📅
In celebration of World Emoji Day, here's some emoji-infused articles and art from the past few years! 👇
Smile, You’re Speaking Emoji: The Rapid Evolution of a Wordless Tongue — nymag.com
This was/is an excellent primer on Emoji from 2014 on the origin, adoption and early evolution of the new "medium."
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2018: The Year of Emoji Convergence? — blog.emojipedia.org
Here's a fun little article highlighting the fact that even emoji loses its accent after a while.
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Should There Be an Emoji for Everything? | The New Yorker — www.newyorker.com
Turns out, the hoops our emoji must jump through before they reach our phones is more complex than you'd think...
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A few years ago, I "emoji'fied" a series of classic album covers alongside a few from the grunge era as well. If you're more into visual art: I also had some fun with these.
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BONUS!!
Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bidet controls — www.theverge.com
Sure, this isn't technically "emoji-specific"... but did you know that Japanese bidet controls have only been standardized for 3 years now?! 🚽💦