Irina Blok

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] 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 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.
  15. ^ "Personal Website".