Japan’s Most Transformative Modern Graphic Design is … The Emoji?

We love emojis as much as the next person, but are they Japan’s greatest-ever export? Professor Vyvyan Evans presents an excerpt of his book “The Emoji Code” in this CNN piece. You’ll meet the inventor of the emoji, whose work now sits alongside Picasso and Jackson Pollack in the Museum of Modern Art, and learn more about the powerful role of emoji as a communication tool in the digital age. Graphic design, as it always does, plays a pivotal role in powering that communication. They’re definitely not just for text-obsessed teens anymore!