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]