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Irina Blok

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] She was born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Russia until her parents and her moved to Silicon Valley, a region in Northern California, when she was 18 years old. She comes from a family of engineers, her parents and her grandparents were all engineers, making her their only graphic designer.[2]

Irina Blok in 2013

Irina Blok runs a small apparel design company called Creative Blok, her products are inspired by what takes place within our society at the time.[3] She appeared on ABC's Reality Show Shark Tank as one of the contestants[4] with her products and designs and was featured in NBC NY,[5] USA today,[6] SF weekly,[7] the French Edition of Elle Magazine and multiple publications around the world.

Blok received her degree in Graphic Design at San Jose State University.[8] 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.[9] She continued her career at a number of tech companies including Yahoo, Google and Adobe.[10] In the course of her career her design work has appeared in Communication Arts magazine,[11] How magazine,[12] AIGA CI Annual,[13] and Creative Review.[14] She is also a directed study advisor at the Graphic Design MFA Program at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.[15]


References

  1. Kennedy, Pegan (October 11, 2013). "Who Made That Android Logo". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  2. "Techies". techiesproject.com. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  3. "Irina Blok". AIGA San Francisco. June 22, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  4. ABC.com. "Shark Tank, Season 1, Episode 5". ABC.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  5. Bougerol, Elizabeth. "Want This: Funemployed Gear". NBC New York. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  6. Brophy Marcus, Mary (May 10, 2009). "USA will wash its hands of swine flu humor when pigs fly". USA Today. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  7. Jamison, Peter. "Fruits of Funemployment: A Graphic Designer's Take on the Great Recession". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  8. "Techies". techiesproject.com. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  9. "Irina Blok". AIGA San Francisco. June 22, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  10. Roberts, Robin. "The Unsung Heroes of Tech: Irina Blok". Connected Rogers. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  11. Communication Arts. Illustration Annual 49: 202. July 2008. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. How (The 1999 International Annual of Design): 174. April 1999. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. Chase, Margo (2002). 365 AIGA Year in Design 22. D.A.P Distributed Art. pp. 74–75. ISBN 1-884081-02-9.
  14. Evamy, Michael (October 2011). "Android, Not Built by Robots". Creative Review: 72.

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