Smiley Face :)

As I was trying to figure out what icon or object to choose for my project 2, i thought of tracing back the history of emoji as that is something we use often. Then, I wondered how the smiley face was invented so, of course, I went to our best friend google and searched. Turns out, in 1963, a graphic designer Harvey Ball was commissioned by State Mutual Life Assurance Company to create an image to boost staff morale. Interestingly, he only took 10 minutes to come up with a deconstructed smiling face on a yellow paper, in which he only chose it as it was sunshiny and bright.