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[[File:Irina Blok.jpeg|thumb|Irina Blok in 2013]]
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'''Irina Blok''' (born c. 1977) is a [[graphic designer]] and an artist. She is best known for the creation of the [[Android (operating system)#Mascot|Google Android logo]] including its green robot icon.<ref name="one">{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Pegan|title=Who Made That Android Logo|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/magazine/who-made-that-android-logo.html|accessdate=October 11, 2013|newspaper=New York Times Magazine|date=October 11, 2013}}</ref>
'''Irina Blok''' (born c. 1977) is a [[graphic designer]] and an artist. She is best known for the creation of the [[Android (operating system)#Mascot|Android logo]] including its green robot icon.<ref name="one">{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Pegan|title=Who Made That Android Logo|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/magazine/who-made-that-android-logo.html|accessdate=October 11, 2013|newspaper=New York Times Magazine|date=October 11, 2013}}</ref>


Irina Blok has appeared on ABC's Reality Show ''[[Shark Tank]]'' as one of the contestants,<ref name="two">{{cite web|last=ABC.com|title=Shark Tank, Season 1, Episode 5|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/blogs/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-season-1-episode-5|publisher=ABC.com|accessdate=July 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807074809/http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/blogs/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-season-1-episode-5|archive-date=August 7, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and her designs were featured in NBC NY,<ref name="three">{{cite news|last=Bougerol|first=Elizabeth|title=Want This: Funemployed Gear|url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/the-scene/shopping/Want-This-Funemployed-Gear.html|accessdate=June 23, 2009|newspaper=NBC New York}}</ref> USA today,<ref name="four">{{cite news|last=Brophy Marcus|first=Mary|title=USA will wash its hands of swine flu humor when pigs fly|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-05-10-swinefluthings_N.htm|accessdate=May 10, 2009|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 10, 2009}}</ref> SF weekly,<ref name="five">{{cite news|last=Jamison|first=Peter|title=Fruits of Funemployment: A Graphic Designer's Take on the Great Recession|url=http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/06/funemployment_buttons.php|accessdate=June 22, 2009|newspaper=SF Weekly}}</ref> the French Edition of Elle Magazine and multiple publications around the world.
Irina Blok has appeared on ABC's Reality Show ''[[Shark Tank]]'' as one of the contestants,<ref name="two">{{cite web|last=ABC.com|title=Shark Tank, Season 1, Episode 5|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/blogs/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-season-1-episode-5|publisher=ABC.com|accessdate=July 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807074809/http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/blogs/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-season-1-episode-5|archive-date=August 7, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and her designs were featured in NBC NY,<ref name="three">{{cite news|last=Bougerol|first=Elizabeth|title=Want This: Funemployed Gear|url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/the-scene/shopping/Want-This-Funemployed-Gear.html|accessdate=June 23, 2009|newspaper=NBC New York}}</ref> USA today,<ref name="four">{{cite news|last=Brophy Marcus|first=Mary|title=USA will wash its hands of swine flu humor when pigs fly|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-05-10-swinefluthings_N.htm|accessdate=May 10, 2009|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 10, 2009}}</ref> SF weekly,<ref name="five">{{cite news|last=Jamison|first=Peter|title=Fruits of Funemployment: A Graphic Designer's Take on the Great Recession|url=http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/06/funemployment_buttons.php|accessdate=June 22, 2009|newspaper=SF Weekly}}</ref> the French Edition of Elle Magazine and multiple publications around the world.

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Irina Blok in 2013

Irina Blok (born c. 1977) is a graphic designer and an artist. She is best known for the creation of the Android logo including its green robot icon.[1]

Irina Blok has appeared on ABC's Reality Show Shark Tank as one of the contestants,[2] and her designs were featured in NBC NY,[3] USA today,[4] SF weekly,[5] the French Edition of Elle Magazine and multiple publications around the world.

Blok received her degree in Graphic Design at San Jose State University.[citation needed] She started her career at Landor Associates as brand designer, and helped create and evolve the brands of HP, Visa, H&R Block and FedEx.[citation needed] She continued her career at a number of tech companies including Yahoo, Google and Adobe.[6] In the course of her career her design work has appeared in Communication Arts magazine,[7] How magazine,[8] AIGA CI Annual,[9] and Creative Review.[10] She is also a directed study advisor at the Graphic Design MFA Program at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.[11]

References

  1. ^ Kennedy, Pegan (October 11, 2013). "Who Made That Android Logo". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  2. ^ ABC.com. "Shark Tank, Season 1, Episode 5". ABC.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  3. ^ Bougerol, Elizabeth. "Want This: Funemployed Gear". NBC New York. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  4. ^ Brophy Marcus, Mary (May 10, 2009). "USA will wash its hands of swine flu humor when pigs fly". USA Today. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  5. ^ Jamison, Peter. "Fruits of Funemployment: A Graphic Designer's Take on the Great Recession". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  6. ^ Roberts, Robin. "The Unsung Heroes of Tech: Irina Blok". Connected Rogers. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  7. ^ Communication Arts. Illustration Annual 49: 202. July 2008. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ How (The 1999 International Annual of Design): 174. April 1999. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Chase, Margo (2002). 365 AIGA Year in Design 22. D.A.P Distributed Art. pp. 74–75. ISBN 1-884081-02-9.
  10. ^ Evamy, Michael (October 2011). "Android, Not Built by Robots". Creative Review: 72.
  11. ^ "Personal Website".
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