a. Hypothesis:
How do emoji designs and applications on different digital platforms reflect and create platform-specific digital cultures?
c. Computational methods:
- Data Visualization: Using React and D3.js to create an interactive timeline and comparison of emoji evolution.
- python data crawling: study the UI/UX design patterns in emoji implementation.
d. Design methodology:
- Analytical: examining how different platforms have implemented and adapted emoji systems.
- Critical: Questioning the limitations of standardized emoji sets.
- Experimental: exploring the similarities and differences in the use of visual emoji.
e. Precedents
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Emojipedia's annual emoji statistics
Provides comprehensive usage data, but focuses primarily on Unicode standards.
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Uncanny Values - Process Studio
The Uncanny Values project inspired this research to think about digital emotional expression, but unlike its art installation presentation, this project adopts a computational design methodology to explore the evolutionary patterns and usage modes of emoji as a cross-cultural digital language through data analysis and interaction design, aiming to provide a deeper understanding and practical tools for digital communication.
f. Proof of concept:
Visualization examples already show some patterns