When two friends discovered there was no dumpling emoji, they resolved to correct that oversight. They ended up changing how an emoji becomes an emoji. Nothing remarkable about that. People have ...

And then there’s the dumpling. An emoji takes shape Back in August 2015, journalist and author Jennifer 8. Lee was texting with her friend Yiying Lu, the graphic designer behind the iconic ...

New year, new emoji. In 2015, a campaign started by former New York Times journalist Jennifer 8. Lee and Yiying Lu, designer and Creative Director at 500 Startups, sought to get a dumpling emoji ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. It’s always fun to see the new emoji coming down the road, but the ...

But that could soon change. A Kickstarter campaign that promises to create a dumpling emoji has topped its goal of $3,750 to raise nearly $12,000 from more than 270 backers. "There is a pizza ...

Lee noticed something that shocked her to her very core: in the massive stash of stop signs, rice balls, and cat faces, there was no emoji for dumplings (H/T Buzzfeed) Lu and Lee got into a ...