Emoji
絵文字 / 1999– / Style / Symbol Systems
The shared sign system that began with Shigetaka Kurita's 176 12x12-dot glyphs for i-mode. MoMA acquired the original set — the pictogram lineage extended into conversation itself.
The 12x12-dot originals / Emotion as sign / Per-platform dialects / Between letter and picture
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
- Further study
- Kurita's original set / Unicode standardization / comparing vendor design dialects