The power of food emojis
How food emojis make it to your keyboard and why it matters.
Do you give food emojis much thought? If not, perhaps you should. Emily Thomas hears how these tiny digital images can have a big social and economic impact. We reveal who decides which emojis are accepted and how you can propose your very own. Two Venezuelans living in the US explain why their brand new 鈥榝latbread emoji鈥� could be one the most significant achievements of their lives, and the emoji artist responsible for everything from the 鈥榙umpling鈥� to 鈥榖ubble tea鈥� tells us why she sees her work as a calling, and how it has made her an unexpected cultural ambassador.
(Picture: selection of food emojis. Credit: Lumen Bigott/Yiying Lu/麻豆社)
Contributors:
Sebastian Delmont, software developer
Lumen Bigott, graphic designer
Yiying Lu, artist and entrepreneur
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How 'designing emojis became my calling'
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Why I fought to get my bubble tea emoji accepted
Duration: 03:51
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- Thu 19 Nov 2020 04:32GMT麻豆社 World Service Australasia, South Asia & East Asia only
- Thu 19 Nov 2020 06:32GMT麻豆社 World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Thu 19 Nov 2020 09:32GMT麻豆社 World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Thu 19 Nov 2020 13:32GMT麻豆社 World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Thu 19 Nov 2020 21:32GMT麻豆社 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Thu 19 Nov 2020 23:32GMT麻豆社 World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Sun 22 Nov 2020 08:32GMT麻豆社 World Service News Internet
- Thu 21 Jan 2021 02:32GMT麻豆社 World Service
- Thu 21 Jan 2021 06:32GMT麻豆社 World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Thu 21 Jan 2021 09:32GMT麻豆社 World Service
- Thu 21 Jan 2021 13:32GMT麻豆社 World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Thu 21 Jan 2021 21:32GMT麻豆社 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Thu 21 Jan 2021 23:32GMT麻豆社 World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Sun 24 Jan 2021 12:32GMT麻豆社 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
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