What began as an unusual assignment for graphic designer Harvey Ball eventually turned into a world-famous symbol of happiness. In fact, the smiley face can trace its modest origins back to an ...

Watching the video, Perseverance in the Face of Absurdity ... catalog of smiley ephemera in the recent exhibition, Smile High Club, has said he sees it as a symbol of “happiness, goofiness ...

It took only ten minutes for Harvey Ball to create the Smiley face. In 1963 ... witness the full flowering on positive psychology and happiness studies, scholarly fields that combine Eastern ...

Concerned that the smiley face had been overtaken by commercialization, Ball came up with the idea of an annual celebration of pure happiness. The Worcester Historical Museum’s Harvey Ball Award ...

Graphic artist, Harvey Ball got the job to create *** smiley face button. There it is. Did you know the minute you done it? This is something special. No, no, I did it and that was it fine.

GRAPHIC ARTIST HARVEY BALL GOT THE JOB TO CREATE A SMILEY FACE BUTTON. >> THERE IT IS. DID YOU KNOW THE MINUTE YOU HAD DONE IT THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL? >> NO. [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS IT.