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

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Early life and education

Guzman was born in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest ...

, Colombia and raised in Key Largo, Florida. She attended high school at Palmer Trinity School in

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, Florida. In 2006, Guzman graduated from the

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...

(RISD) with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Industrial Design, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design in 2009.

Career

Prior to completing her Masters of Fine Arts (MFA), Guzman was offered an internship position at

on the iPhone design team in 2008. As an intern working with Raymond Sepulveda she was responsible for designing hundreds of the original emojis found on Apple devices, starting with the engagement ring. After receiving her MFA, Guzman returned to Apple and worked there for five years on projects including

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, and additional emoji sets. Subsequently, she has worked at

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and

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where she managed experiences found on Google Assistant. As of 2020 Guzman is the CEO and founder of Tijiko, a company centered on digital coaching. She also speaks on the standardization of user interfaces and user design.

References

External links

Angela Guzman's websiteThe Making of Apple's Emoji: How designing these tiny icons changed my life
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