Dutch architects have used emoji as a form of modern day gargoyles to decorate the side of a building in the Dutch city of Amersfoort.
Architect Changiz Tehrani from Dutch firm Attika Architekten told The Verge that they were recognised symbols of the 21st century which is why he decided to cast 22 of them in concrete and use them as decoration for a building.
“In classical architecture they used heads of the king or whatever, and they put that on the facade,” Tehrani told The Verge. “So we were thinking, what can we use as an ornament so when you look at this building in 10 or 20 years you can say ‘hey this is from that year!’” The answer was obvious: emoji.
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