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Magzoid Magazine - A Luxury Magazine in the Creative Space | July 2021

The extraordinary cover artwork is a depiction of Hyperrealism by Fabiano Millani, an exceptional painter born in São Paulo, Brazil. This issue contains featured interviews and insights from industry veterans like, H.E. Eng. ALi AlSuwaidi, Rizwan Sajan, ELijah Long. It also comprises of, Inspiring stories from amazing artists like Ben Treat, Sophie Green, Fateme Shahidi, Alexandra Ozerova, Elena Zernova, Ken Kung that empowers the community, Hotel review of Radisson Blu, Dubai Waterfront. Event Showcase: Jewels of Emirates Show. Product Review of Feel Good Tea. Highlights from Expo 2020. Al Quoz Creative Zone. Featured Artworks of kids and professional artists. Art of Calligraphy. Role of Public Art in Society. Art Facts and Art News.

The extraordinary cover artwork is a depiction of Hyperrealism by Fabiano Millani, an exceptional painter born in São Paulo, Brazil. This issue contains featured interviews and insights from industry veterans like, H.E. Eng. ALi AlSuwaidi, Rizwan Sajan, ELijah Long. It also comprises of, Inspiring stories from amazing artists like Ben Treat, Sophie Green, Fateme Shahidi, Alexandra Ozerova, Elena Zernova, Ken Kung that empowers the community, Hotel review of Radisson Blu, Dubai Waterfront. Event Showcase: Jewels of Emirates Show. Product Review of Feel Good Tea. Highlights from Expo 2020. Al Quoz Creative Zone. Featured Artworks of kids and professional artists. Art of Calligraphy. Role of Public Art in Society. Art Facts and Art News.

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WORLD EMOJI DAY<br />

The first emoji ever<br />

was created by<br />

Shigetaka Kurita <strong>in</strong><br />

1999 when he worked<br />

as an eng<strong>in</strong>eer at <strong>the</strong><br />

Japanese Mobile<br />

Operator, NTT<br />

Docomo.<br />

World Emoji Day is<br />

an annual unofficial<br />

holiday occurr<strong>in</strong>g<br />

on 17 <strong>July</strong>, <strong>in</strong>tended<br />

to celebrate emojis.<br />

It is a global celebration of <strong>the</strong> digital<br />

icon that has helped people around<br />

<strong>the</strong> world express <strong>the</strong>ir emotions better.<br />

When you are at a loss of words or<br />

Emoji<br />

WORLD<br />

DAY<br />

World Emoji Day is an<br />

annual unofficial holiday<br />

occurr<strong>in</strong>g on 17 <strong>July</strong>, <strong>in</strong>tended<br />

to celebrate emojis.<br />

simply too lazy to type, you can convey<br />

a wide range of emotions through just<br />

a tap of your f<strong>in</strong>ger.<br />

World Emoji Day, created by Jeremy<br />

Burge celebrated on <strong>July</strong> 17 is also <strong>the</strong><br />

date on <strong>the</strong> calendar emoji on iPhone.<br />

He is also known as <strong>the</strong> founder of<br />

Emojipedia. Emojipedia is an emoji<br />

reference website which documents<br />

<strong>the</strong> mean<strong>in</strong>g and common usage<br />

of emoji characters <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Unicode<br />

Standard. This event also marks <strong>the</strong><br />

day that Apple announces all upcom<strong>in</strong>g<br />

expansions to its emoji packs.<br />

The ma<strong>in</strong> purpose of <strong>the</strong> day is to<br />

promote <strong>the</strong> use of emojis and spread<br />

<strong>the</strong> emoji for <strong>the</strong> enjoyment that <strong>the</strong>y<br />

br<strong>in</strong>g to all of those around us. Emojis,<br />

though be<strong>in</strong>g a small digital icon,<br />

has become an <strong>in</strong>tegral part of our<br />

conversation. For every feel<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>the</strong>re<br />

is an emoji now. When we feel lazy<br />

or when we are at a loss of<br />

words, we simply use emojis<br />

to express what we want.<br />

The first emoji ever was<br />

created by Shigetaka Kurita<br />

<strong>in</strong> 1999 when he worked<br />

as an eng<strong>in</strong>eer at <strong>the</strong><br />

Japanese Mobile<br />

Operator, NTT<br />

Docomo. It was<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> year 2010<br />

that <strong>the</strong>se emojis<br />

ga<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

popularity<br />

and came<br />

to be<br />

widely<br />

used by<br />

people<br />

over <strong>the</strong><br />

world. The<br />

orig<strong>in</strong>s of <strong>the</strong> word<br />

emoji, also come from<br />

Japanese – e (picture) and<br />

moji (character).<br />

The current creators of<br />

emojis have released more<br />

options that <strong>in</strong>clude gender-neutral<br />

alternatives, sk<strong>in</strong> tones all over <strong>the</strong><br />

spectrum and even representation of<br />

accessibility like mechanical limbs,<br />

hear<strong>in</strong>g aids, etc. to make this form of<br />

communication completely accessible.<br />

The usage of emojis has become such<br />

a common practice <strong>in</strong> popular culture<br />

that it is hard to imag<strong>in</strong>e not us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>m<br />

now <strong>in</strong> our day-to-day lives.<br />

www.magzoid.com <strong>July</strong> <strong>2021</strong> 27

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