Microsoft’s emoji are now available free on GitHub and Figma.
in February, the company hadn’t originally planned to open source its work. “Initially we were focused on building the body of work,” says Jon Friedman, Microsoft’s CVP of design and research, in an interview with. “The idea kinda just started popping around, and it aligned with our belief and perspective that the more open source we are internally and externally, the more product excellence we can build, and the more relevant we can be for all of humanity.
Creators will be able to take most of Microsoft’s bright and colorful 3D emoji and remix them into stickers, use them in content, or create unique sets of emoji. “I think we’ll see things that are really unique and specific, and then I think we’ll see ideas that are really broadly applicable,” says Friedman. “When we did our app icons a bunch of years back, there were people who did Marvel versions of our app icons. It was awesome. It was just this great creative expression.
Reflecting on the pandemic, Friedman says the pre-pandemic idea of professionalism in the workplace has changed with hybrid work and even emoji. “One of the things I saw start to happen in Teams is people using heart reactions who are very serious, important executive people at Microsoft who were suddenly loving things, loving comments, or using emojis in sentences,” recounts Friedman.
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