Khanda
Overall Score: 8.5
Lauren’s Ranking:
Usability: 5, Design: 1, Novelty: 3
I am not Sikh, so I probably probably won’t be turning to the religious symbol all that much. But, similar to the existing signifiers like the Latin Cross and Menorah, I can see it getting big usage on dating and social media profiles as a quick shorthand. Design-wise, it’s in the most boring category of emoji, but that’s fine– it doesn’t need to be flashy to be functional.
Kevin’s Ranking:
Usability: 1, Design: 3, Novelty: 5
I’m not a practicing Sikh, and I don’t readily have discussions about world religions, so the Khanda emoji will not be in my heavy rotation of emoticons, but I think it’s cool to see some representation of other cultures and religions in the emoji portfolio.
