A foreign book purchased at MoMA in New York. The cover has some minor damage, but overall it is in good condition. Shigetaka Kurita: Emoji, MoMA One on One Series, Softcover Product Information Emojis, created in 1998 by Shigetaka Kurita, a young designer at the Japanese telecommunications company NTT DoCoMo, are like body language in online conversations, bringing subtle nuances to our interactions. Emojis are positioned within the long history of inventions that have improved human communication, such as writing and printing technology, and computers. This book, part of MoMA's "One on One" series, traces the development of emojis with Paul Galloway, a Collection Specialist. It details the journey of emojis, from a novel feature on early mobile phones, to the boom that swept through Japanese youth culture in the 1990s, and finally to the current global phenomenon and common language. 48 pages in total, with 33 illustrations. By Paul Galloway