The first emoji may have been created unintentionally in 1862 when a sideways wink was printed in Abraham Lincoln's speech notes. Shigetaka Kurita created the first intentional set of 176 emojis in 1999 for Japanese mobile phones to help users communicate through images. In 2011, Apple looked to expand in Japan and added emojis to iOS after seeing how popular they were being used to provide context. One emoji, the poop icon, became particularly popular. For an emoji to be officially recognized, it must go through a approval process with the Unicode Consortium that can take 1-2 years. A proposal must prove there is a need or gap that existing emojis cannot fulfill. The document challenges the reader to design an original emoji