Emojis are now being displayed in the Museum of Modern Art, this is how it all began in 1999, by Milen Y
The first emoji was created in 1998 or 1999 by Japanese designer Shigetaka Kurita, who was at the time working on a mobile internet platform, called i-mode, at Japanese carrier NTT. Kurita was inspired by the way weather forecasts and street signs used simple, but universally recognizable, symbols to convey meaning, and decided to adopt this approach for his project. The first set of emoji was comprised of just 176 pictograms, each with resolution of 12 x 12 pixels, and was aimed to differentiate i-mode's messaging features from other such services.
A fascinating bit of history. Many different news outlets have written different stories about this event, each telling something else interesting about the history of emoji:
- Guardian: Emojis before the smiling poop: New York museum acquires world's first set
- PhoneArena: Emojis are now being displayed in the Museum of Modern Art, this is how it all began in 1999
- Wall Street Journal: New Faces, a Show of Hands and the Evolution of Emoji
- Something to smiley about: MoMA has just added the original set of emojis to its collection
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