Angela Guzman

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Angela Guzman
Born
Bogotá, Colombia
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Rhode Island School of Design (BFA, 2006 / MFA, 2009)
Occupation(s)Designer and entrepreneur
Years active2008–present
Known fordesigning the original set of Apple Emoji
Website angelaguzman.co

Angela Guzman is a Colombian-American graphic designer best known for designing the original set of Apple Emoji as a design intern at Apple.

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Early life and education

Guzman was born in Bogotá, Colombia and raised in Key Largo, Florida. [1] [2] She attended high school at Palmer Trinity School in Miami, Florida. [3] In 2006, Guzman graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Industrial Design, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design in 2009. [4]

Career

Prior to completing her Masters of Fine Arts (MFA), Guzman was offered an internship position at Apple on the iPhone design team in 2008. [5] As an intern working with Raymond Sepulveda she was responsible for designing hundreds of the original emojis found on Apple devices, [6] [7] [8] starting with the engagement ring. [9] After receiving her MFA, Guzman returned to Apple and worked there for five years on projects including FaceTime, iMessage, and additional emoji sets. [10] [11] Subsequently, she has worked at Airbnb [10] and Google [10] where she managed experiences found on Google Assistant. [12] As of 2020 Guzman is the CEO and founder of Tijiko, a company centered on digital coaching. [13] [10] She also speaks on the standardization of user interfaces and user design. [14]

References

  1. ↑ Lovera, Patricia Sulbarán (19 December 2018). "Emojis de Apple: Ángela Guzmán, la joven colombiana que creó estos íconos hace una década". BBC . Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ella es la creadora de tus emojis favoritos". Azteca Noticias (in Spanish). 2 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Angela Guzman. From a curious PTS art student, to the designer of the Emoji". palmertrinity.org. Summer 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "RISD Undergraduate Viewbook 2018/19". palmertrinity.org. Fall 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Brigham, Katie (26 October 2018). "Apple's Emoji Origin Story". CNBC . Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Paskin, Willa (15 April 2020). "Why Did Poop Get Cute?". Slate Magazine.
  7. ↑ Mahindru, Megha (4 December 2018). "The secret origin of the poop emoji". Vogue India.
  8. ↑ Pardes, Arielle (20 July 2018). "Exploji! A Timeline of Emoji's Sudden, Drastic Rise". Wired . Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Raising a :) to 10 years of the emoji". CNN International . 9 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Simones, . From: Ivylise (28 September 2020). "This Emoji Designer Created A Digital Platform To Reconnect With Her Colombian Roots". The Huffington Post.
  11. ↑ Alarcón, Marcela (16 May 2019). "Do you know who created the emojis for iPhone?". El Espectador . Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  12. ↑ Reyes, Ánderson Zapata (7 January 2019). "Angela Guzmán, la creadora de los emojis más populares de Apple". www.elpais.com.co.
  13. ↑ Kelly, Samantha Murphy (May 12, 2020). "People can't stop using these emojis during the pandemic". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Cómo diseñar una mejor interacción entre usuarios y tecnología". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 29 October 2019.
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