From emoji to key chains to mugs, art and designer objects based on various kinds of Asian dumplings have been gaining prominence in pop culture worldwide in recent years.
Chinese and Indian dumplings become pop culture icons for artists far and wide
- A Hong Kong-based artist puts dumplings on mugs. A Taiwanese-American artist creates ceramic dumplings. An Indian artist makes momo-decorated key rings
- The dumpling ‘has historical and cultural value across all Asian countries’, says Yiying Lu, who designed a dumpling emoji available to all phone users
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From emoji to key chains to mugs, art and designer objects based on various kinds of Asian dumplings have been gaining prominence in pop culture worldwide in recent years.