Currently
Design & Content @ Third Act
Teaching @ Parsons & NYU
Long Ago
Economics & Policy @ LSE
Data Crunching & Munching
Recognition
AIGA Design Award, 2022
Brian-Abel Smith Prize
Beliefs
~ time flies when you're scrolling ~
~ better to be reading or listening or loving or making or living ~
Elsewhere
Design, Code (HTML, CSS, React)
Six Emoji Story is a brief history of the emoji told through six emojis, applying the visual simplicity of early emoji to examine the evolution of the pictographic language.
There are a multitude of things to talk about with the emoji, but I had one objective with this story: to make a fun, interactive, and informative story using the pixel aesthetic of early emojis.
I chose six emojis that best represent pivotal points in emoji history based on my research. I used the six colors Kurita used for his original 176 emojis — a coincidental tie-in to the number six.
The sections feature smooth scrolling and an interactive grid. Each section also has annotations and pictures relating to its specific story.