Harvey Ball ... He settled on yellow for the background because it was a “sunshine” color. The work took about 10 minutes. State Mutual put the smiley face on buttons, distributing about ...

Ball took all of 10 minutes to draw the yellow smiley face, and the State Mutual Life Assurance Company paid him $45. State Mutual then made posters, buttons and signs with the image to get their ...

An original Harvey Ball ... s face left a perfect, abstract smiling face on the bright yellow t-shirt. And thus, an icon was born. As you probably expect, that was not how the iconic smiley ...

The iconic yellow smiley face was created by Worcester artist Harvey Ball. worldsmileday.com" The T&G details: What began as a freelance project by Mr. Ball to boost morale for the former State ...

Smiley," said Walmart Chief Marketing Officer Tony Rogers in a blog post. Smiley -- a minimalist image of the classic yellow smiley face -- was ... man named Harvey Ross Ball in Worcester ...

In a video installation by James Joyce, a yellow circle rotates as two black ovals and a curved line tumble at the bottom, thwarted by gravity. Watching the video, Perseverance in the Face of ...

As luck would have it, a truck drives by and splashes Gump’s face with mud. He wipes his face on a yellow T-shirt ... the authentic Harvey Ball-designed smiley face could always be identified ...