American design retailer Death by Modernism has created an emoji set so that mid-century-design fans can send small pictures of works by Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen and Hans J Wegner.
Death by Modernism ? which sells both white label mid-century furniture and paraphenelia related to the period ? "emoji-fied" 12 designs for use on Apple's iOS.
Death by Modernism "emoji-fied" 12 mid-century designs
"We made these emojis because we felt like Apple's iMessage furniture could use a little refresh," Death by Modernism founder Raj Haldar told Dezeen.
"But we also did it because, if you can't convey to your friend in a single image that it's your wish to go home and sit in an Eames Lounge Chair, then what is all this technology even for"". The series can be downloaded for use on Apple's iOS
A number of the Midcentury Emojis are modelled on works by industrial designers Charles and Ray Eames ? such as the wooden Eames House Bird, La Chaise chair and the Eames Eiffel Chair.
The couple has also been recreated as emoji figureheads, with Charles adorning a bow-tie and Ray wearing her hair up in a ponytail.
The collection includes Charles and Ray Eames' wooden Eames House Bird
Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen's Saarinen Ball Chair is also a standout design in the series.
The 1960s chair is created with its well-known combinations of a white shell and red inner lining. Saarinen's white Tulip Table with its tapered stand also fe...