On July 17, World Emoji Day is celebrated with Yiying Lu's artwork at Stanford University's Green Library. Lu created the boba milk tea emoji and others like the dumpling and fortune cookie. In 2015, Lu founded Emojination, a nonprofit dedicated to advocating for inclusive emojis. Lu emphasizes that emojis represent diversity by including beloved food items. The Unicode Consortium works to ensure the long-lasting relevancy of emojis, with nine new emojis planned for release this fall.
Yiying Lu's artwork features an emoji-style re-creation of the "Girl with A Pearl Earring," where the subject holds boba milk tea instead of a pearl.
In 2015, Yiying Lu recognized the lack of a dumpling emoji and subsequently created the boba milk tea emoji, along with others like the dumpling and fortune cookie.
Emojination, founded by Lu, promotes inclusivity in emoji representation and encourages people to submit their emoji ideas.
Jennifer Daniel, chair of the emoji working group at Unicode Consortium, emphasizes the importance of ensuring emojis are not transient and hold global relevance.
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