Over that time, the iconic smiling face and its many emoticon descendants have brought an attitude of ... “Some partners may just want something recognisable, like the classic Smiley in basic yellow.

The yellow smiley face has popped up in many places over the years. It’s one of the most popular emojis, it was a symbol of the rave scene in the late Eighties and early Nineties, and it was ...

The sugary pink Smiley chair is covered with round yellow sockets in a visual ode to the universally recognisable smiley face symbol, first illustrated by American artist Harvey Ball in 1963.

Atop this writhing abomination sits a single, yellow smiley face. “Trust me,” its placid mug seems to say. That’s an image sometimes used to represent AI chatbots. The smiley is what stands ...