EPISODE · Jun 28, 2018 · 8 MIN
The Delicate Art of Creating New Emoji
from What's New · host SpokenLayer
Back in 1999, when the mobile internet first flickered to life on Japan’s i-mode, email was confined to a snug 250 characters. Email! So when designer Shigetaka Kurita centered pixels on his potter’s wheel and spun them into sunshine and rain, he was both supplying a jolt of atmospherics to the early smog-screened smartphone and frugally conserving space. Kurita’s horizontal rain and naval-ensign sun were among the first 176 emoji. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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