OpenMoji
ever-growingย open-sourceย set of emojis
50+ students and
2 professors
โemoji are indispensable for daily communication.
they are practical (๐), funny (๐) and sometimes quite bizarre (๐ฉ๐คช๐๐ง).
for us, emoji are much more than colorful images decorating fun short messages.
we think they are rather part of an important and exciting development: the return of pictorial symbols to written communication.
for the first time in history, it is possible to communicate with a combination of letters and icons.
now it becomes feasible to say things and convey meanings that were previously impossible.
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unfortunately, the creative variety of emoji has been rather limited so far, especially when compared to the incredible number of available fonts.
at the moment, there is only a dozen emoji sets, most of them from big tech companies.
these emoji are visually adapted to the respective appearance of their software platforms.
in addition, the usage rights are often very restrictive (e.g. the terms of use of appleโs emoji).
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that is why we have developed openmoji as the first open source and independent emoji system to date.
when designing the openmoji system, we have developed visual guidelines that are not linked to a specific branding.
in addition, our goal was to design emojis that integrate well in combination with text.
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1.5 years after start the project has started, it is finally done: openmoji support the full unicode emoji 12 standard now.
more than 50 students and 2 professors of the hfg schwรคbisch gmรผnd have developed together a system of in total 3,180 emoji: including all flags (๐ฌ๐ญ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ช๐บ), skintones (๐จโ๐ > ๐จ๐ปโ๐๐จ๐ผโ๐๐จ๐ฝโ๐๐จ๐พโ๐๐จ๐ฟโ๐) and gender variations (๐ฉ๐ง๐จ).
beyond the standard unicode range, openmoji also includes special interest categories on topics such as technology and design.
we are especially pleased about the contribution of the guemil initiative (university santiago de chile), whose emergency icons is also part of openmoji now.
the openmoji project continues..."
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โ project initiator, supervisior and tutorย benedikt gross
press
sep. 2019
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press
OpenMoji @ Archie vs Predator II, Archie Comics
(Issue 1/5, Sep 2019)
aug. 2019
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press
may 2019
ย
press
Sollte man Google, Apple & Co das Design von Emojis รผberlassen? @ Page Blog
apr. 2018
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ย
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exhibition
jul. 2020
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exhibition
OpenMoji @ BIO 26 โ Common Knowledge Exhibition, Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana
ย
exhibition
OpenMoji @ Nicht mein Ding โ Gender im Design, HfG-Archiv, Ulm
feb. 2019
OpenMoji
ever-growingย open-sourceย set of emojis
50+ students and
2 professors
โemoji are indispensable for daily communication.
they are practical (๐), funny (๐) and sometimes quite bizarre (๐ฉ๐คช๐๐ง).
for us, emoji are much more than colorful images decorating fun short messages.
we think they are rather part of an important and exciting development: the return of pictorial symbols to written communication.
for the first time in history, it is possible to communicate with a combination of letters and icons.
now it becomes feasible to say things and convey meanings that were previously impossible.
ย
unfortunately, the creative variety of emoji has been rather limited so far, especially when compared to the incredible number of available fonts.
at the moment, there is only a dozen emoji sets, most of them from big tech companies.
these emoji are visually adapted to the respective appearance of their software platforms.
in addition, the usage rights are often very restrictive (e.g. the terms of use of appleโs emoji).
ย
that is why we have developed openmoji as the first open source and independent emoji system to date.
when designing the openmoji system, we have developed visual guidelines that are not linked to a specific branding.
in addition, our goal was to design emojis that integrate well in combination with text.
ย
1.5 years after start the project has started, it is finally done: openmoji support the full unicode emoji 12 standard now.
more than 50 students and 2 professors of the hfg schwรคbisch gmรผnd have developed together a system of in total 3,180 emoji: including all flags (๐ฌ๐ญ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ช๐บ), skintones (๐จโ๐ > ๐จ๐ปโ๐๐จ๐ผโ๐๐จ๐ฝโ๐๐จ๐พโ๐๐จ๐ฟโ๐) and gender variations (๐ฉ๐ง๐จ).
beyond the standard unicode range, openmoji also includes special interest categories on topics such as technology and design.
we are especially pleased about the contribution of the guemil initiative (university santiago de chile), whose emergency icons is also part of openmoji now.
the openmoji project continues..."
ย
โ project initiator, supervisior and tutorย benedikt gross
press
sep. 2019
ย
press
OpenMoji @ Archie vs Predator II, Archie Comics
(Issue 1/5, Sep 2019)
aug. 2019
ย
press
may 2019
ย
press
Sollte man Google, Apple & Co das Design von Emojis รผberlassen? @ Page Blog
apr. 2018
ย
ย
ย
exhibition
jul. 2020
ย
exhibition
OpenMoji @ BIO 26 โ Common Knowledge Exhibition, Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana
ย
exhibition
OpenMoji @ Nicht mein Ding โ Gender im Design, HfG-Archiv, Ulm
feb. 2019