A tired face, a radish or a harp, the organization responsible for supervising the creation of new emojis is currently testing seven new ones, in order to always better reflect society. Little drawings that necessarily say something about us and our environment.
THE Unicode Consortium presented the seven new emojis for which he received proposals and he has until July 2 to approve them and add them to the list which already has more than 3,000.
If approved, it will take several months for the developers of the different operating systems to create their own designs and make them available on our smartphones.
A new face and six objects could become familiar drawings during our message exchanges.
Face, musical instrument, tree…
There is currently no emoji that conveys deep exhaustion. The organization therefore suggests creating a face with bags under the eyes. If accepted, it will be available by searching for the words “exhausted”, “sleepy” or “tired”, the consortium says.
The non-profit could also welcome the arrival of a fingerprint emoji, a radish, a shovel, a harp, a leafless tree and a splash of purple color resembling paint.
An eighth symbol could possibly see the light of day: the flag of the Anglo-Norman island of Sark, but Unicode has, for the moment, not presented a visual and does not indicate a successful proposal either.
The other seven are in fact based on a specific proposition. That of the face is for example available here.
A reflection of society
Emojis are chosen to best reflect society. They are sometimes even a Source of debate.
For example, in 2016, Apple had changed the appearance of its gun emojiwhich looked like a real weapon, with a design giving it the appearance of a green plastic water gun.
The anti-gun lobby New Yorkers Against Gun Violence welcomed the initiative on X, Twitter at the time. She had in fact sent an open letter to the apple brand asking to remove the gun emoji.
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Since their appearance in the 1990s, emojis have evolved to better reflect society. For example, on Apple, their color changed from a solely yellow or light tone to new shades in 2015, reflecting ethnic diversity.
It is also in this sense that the emojis of homosexual couples and those of working women (and no longer just working men) appeared. Emojis are therefore used to combat stereotypes and show diversity.
Julie Marty
