In Nirvana's copyright dispute with Marc Jacobs over its smiley-face logo, the band said Kurt Cobain created it. Now, their art director says he did.

His creation, a smiling yellow face, bore a striking resemblance to Ball’s smiley. Unlike Ball, Loufrani recognized the marketing potential of the symbol and promptly secured a French trademark.

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

A smiley face isn’t always just a smiley face. Behind the yellow, wide-eyed emoji’s grin lurks an intergenerational minefield. The ubiquitous emoji means happy, good job or any number of other ...

September 30, 2022 Richard Mille’s Colorful New Tourbillon Has a Smiley Face-Topped Dial and Crown The playful watch celebrates Franklin Loufrani’s beloved Smiley illustration.

A triple conjunction, appearing to some as a smiley face, will be visible in the early morning sky on April 25 in Michigan. Here's what to know.

EVERYONE KNOWS the ingredients of a smiley face: the egg-yolk circle, the black oblong eyes, the curved grin. It has pervaded pop culture since the 1960s, when hippies stickered it onto VW buses ...