The Elbow Bump Emoji

Coronavirus has changed the way we greet each other. Gone are the high-fives, handshakes and fist bumps. In with the ‘elbow bump’.

Five billion Emojis are sent daily on Facebook Messenger alone. The handshake, fist bump and high-five emojis are yesterday’s online greeting – we need an emoji that tells our story.

I designed the ‘Elbow Bump Emoji’ so that we can greet online like we do in the real world.

Going viral is an expression that we once used without a second thought. Now, for obvious reasons, we hesitate to use it. Ironically for an emoji about stopping viral spread , the elbow emoji itself 'went viral' with an article in Wired, a mention in Quartz’s Daily Brief and a tweet from car manufacturer Opel.