Charles Ball talked about the history of the Smiley Face symbol. In 1963, the original version of the Smiley Face symbol was created in Worcester, Massachusetts, by Charles Ball's father, graphic ...

The ubiquitous yellow smiley face symbol was created in 1963. Found out the story of this amazingly simple but effective morale booster. The ubiquitous yellow smiley face symbol was created in 1963.

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 ...

Typography continued to evolve as wingdings were developed in 1990, allowing users access to symbols through their keyboard. Pictographic representations of everything from smiley faces to ...

Recently, the playful symbol seems to be making a resurgence. We’ve noticed the smiley logo in collections by Marc Jacobs, on nail art (love!), and as a focal point of Justin Bieber's newest ...

His symbol soon skyrocketed to become that globally iconic smiley face. In the 1990s, he asked his son to help revive the business after "overexploitation" had left the symbol "dated".

We're all familiar with the smiley emoticon, and its power to add levity, flirtation, and occasionally passive-aggression to our texts, chats, and e-mails. But according to researchers, our brains ...

In 1963, the original version of the Smiley Face symbol was created in Worcester, Massachusetts, by Charles Ball’s father, graphic artist Harvey Ross Ball. Global Search Search In.