"There really truly is irony in the concept over a dispute over a smile," WooSox President Dr. Charles Steinberg said with a ...

Smiley Ball and Smiley were both inspired by the smiley face created by Worcester’s Harvey Ball in 1963. Smiley Ball is made to look like a yellow smiley-face pin, complete with a faux safety ...

In 1963, an insurance company hired Ball to create some kind of image to boost morale — something to put on a button. Ball took all of 10 minutes to draw the yellow smiley face, and the State ...

An original Harvey Ball smiley face (image: The World Smiley Foundation) In the 1994 Robert Zemeckis film, Forrest Gump stumbles into the history books as he runs across the country. At one point ...

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But the image quickly gained popularity, and yellow smiley faces started popping up on everything from greeting cards to T-shirts to stickers. Neither Ball nor the insurance company trademarked ...

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Yellow, in particular, ... And just look to the classic yellow smiley face. Graphic designer Harvey Ball created it in the ’60s to boost morale among life insurance company employees.

In 1963, an artist called Harvey Ball in the USA created a big yellow smiley face. It became really popular - but over time Harvey became worried that it was losing its meaning.

In 1963 Ball was hired by the State Mutual Life Assurance Company to create a smiley face icon to boost company morale. He penned his design in 10 minutes. Two dots and a flick, though not without ...

Ball was born in 1921 in Worcester and is credited with creating the popular yellow smiley face, complete with two simple dots for eyes and a black smiling mouth.