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# Backed: revisiting the designer of the original emoji
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2018/05/revisiting-designer-original-emoji/
- Published: 2018-05-10T08:53:14.000Z
- Updated: 2018-05-10T08:53:14.000Z
- Description: Emoji have rapidly become part of modern life and communication. But how much do you know about their origin, designer - and the very first set?
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: kickstarter, emoji, design

This is one of the most intriguing Kickstarters I've come across in a long time:

Given the importance emoji have achieved in modern communication, a look back nearly 20 years to the very first set and the designer behind them is fascinating. One could argue that icon designers like [Susan Kare](http://www.famousgraphicdesigners.org/susan-kare?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) and Shigetaka Kurita have had some of the greaterst influence on design in the 21st century, even if their work happened in the 20th.

The Kickstarter is for a book and an iOS or Android keyboard with the original set of Emjoi. At the time of writing, it's just over 50% funded. I'm willing to bet some of you are as interested in internet culture as I am, and will be willing to back this…