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Your phone may need some Midcentury Emojis

2019-09-05T18:15:00-04:00

Death by Modernism has created a collection of "Midcentury Emojis," especially for the design oriented user. "Given Apple's attention to design details in practically every aspect of their products, we've always felt like there was something missing when it came to the furniture emojis in iMessage," they write.

In response, the group "chose 12 pieces of iconic mid-century design and 'emoji-fied' them for the 21st century." So everything from Finnish designer Eero Aarnio's Ball Chair to creations by Charles and Ray Eames are present within the collection.

The collection can be downloaded from the Apple App Store.

Manhattan Beach "Pink Emoji House" showcases tension between home owner's rights and the regulating influence of local government

2019-08-09T16:00:00-04:00

The group of neighbors has explored the ways it could fight to get the paint job removed, including how it could be seen as graffiti under city code, how it could violate signage laws and how it fails to fit in with the character of the neighborhood. Doll also argues that it is a public safety issue and an obvious public nuisance because of the waves of news vans and curious onlookers who have visited the narrow road to catch a glimpse of the house.

This week, media headlines were littered with coverage of the trending "Pink Emoji House" in Manhattan Beach, California, an eye-catching home painted with a pair of hilarious emoji characters. The murals may appear like any other "Instagramable" site, except this specific "beautification project" is actually the product of a neighborhood feud.

The Los Angeles Times reports, "the paint job appeared shortly after Kathryn Kidd was found in violation of the city's rental laws and was fined $4,000. Kidd told Easy Reader News that the emojis were not intended to mock Wieland (neighbor) and that although people were entitled to their opinions, she was not in violation of any laws."

Kidd told The Los Angeles Times, “I’m trying not to offend anybody,” adding, “I did it for the purpose of being happy, being positive, and I think it’s cute and quirky and kind of funny, and certainly was a time for the emoji.” Her neighbors aren't buying it, though, and are instead turning to the local city c...

This architect embellished a building with emoji ornament

2017-04-25T12:38:00-04:00

Emoji are going to be some of the most recognizable icons of the 21st century, says architect Changiz Tehrani, which is why he decided to cast 22 of them in concrete and use them as decoration for a building in the Dutch city of Amersfoort.

“In classical architecture they used heads of the king or whatever, and they put that on the façade,” Tehrani told The Verge. “So we were thinking, what can we use as an ornament so when you look at this building in 10 or 20 years you can say ‘hey this is from that year!’” The answer was obvious: emoji.

The emojis cover only one side of the mixed-use building. Tehrani, who works for the Dutch practice Attika Architekten, based the emojis on the WhatsApp standard. "Only faces were chosen as they were the most expressive and recognizable emoji," the Verge reports. In his view, all architecture is timely—not timeless—so better to have fun with what's in vogue at the moment.

Started at the Gigantomachy frieze, now we're here. Thoughts?