Angela Guzman

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

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

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. Simones, . From: Ivylise (28 September 2020). "This Emoji Designer Created A Digital Platform To Reconnect With Her Colombian Roots". The Huffington Post – via ProQuest.
  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.
  14. "Cómo diseñar una mejor interacción entre usuarios y tecnología". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 29 October 2019.
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