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From which do they come?
(Story of Smileys)
In 1963, Mr. Harvey Ball, advertising agent, invents the Smiley (or Happy face). A yellow circle, a broad smile of a black feature, two round eyes in buttons. With the base it was a logo to give again the moral one with paid of two insurance companies which had just amalgamated. A logo which to him had been paid 45$.
Very quickly the smiley becomes popular until becoming a true cultural icon of a whole generation. One estimates at more than 50 million Smiley sold with all the sauces (tee-shirt, stickers...) in 1971. That will last several years, then like always, one passes to another thing.
Return of the Smiley at the beginning of the Eighties, where Acid music (one of the ancestors of House music) seizes some and the smiley re-appear everywhere. In 1989, the American Post office even will create a smiley stamps.
Not having never claimed royalties, he never regretted it, it was not a money man, he received million letters of the whole world to thank it for its creation. That was enough for him and did not have a price said it. Thursday April 12, 2001, Mr. Harvey Ball is deceased 79 years old.
Thank you Harvey for your smileys
