Yellow smiley face button with words making up the mouth and sunglasses. 

Bogus Books is a graphic novel publisher that was established in 2010. The creators of Bogus Books also host a YouTube show called Bogus World that is about the world of indie comics.

Green button with the illustration of a smiley face with big teeth meant to be Jimmy Carter's smile

Jimmy Carter was the President of the United States of America from 1977 to 1981. He sought to find peaceful solutions to problems and therefore received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Unfortunately, Carter was unable to serve a second term as President due to the continued issue of inflation and that U.S. Embassy members were being held as hostages in Iran during the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. Carter was able to solve the current unemployment problem during his term and claimed an increase of about eight million jobs. Carter wanted to create a Government that was “competent and compassionate.” The color green was used in all of Carter's campaign items.

The classic yellow smiley face is comprised of a yellow circle, two black dots for eyes, and a black arc ending in serifs for a mouth. It was designed in 1963 by commercial artist, Harvey Ross Ball. Ball was commissioned by The State Mutual Life Insurance Company to create a happy face to raise the morale of their employees. His version was created in 10 minutes. The design was printed onto more than 50 million buttons. Neither Ball nor the company copyrighted this smiley, so it was continually used by other businesses in their promotions.
The design and concept is quite simple and was definitely used before Ball’s 1963 version. However, his has become the most iconic. Variations have been used for advertising campaigns and in popular culture ever since.

White text on a brown button. The image of a smiling totem pole top is in the center. 

Totem poles and other large wood carvings depicting both humanoid and animal faces are objects commonly produced by Pacific Northwest Indigenous cultures. Some of the Indigenous bands that are connected to the land now known as Alaska include Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian. A bold eye outlined in black and highlighted by a mask-like shape in turquoise is frequently seen on sculptures by the Tlingit, Haida, and Eyak peoples.

Upon the arrival of Westerners on the Pacific Northwest coast, Indigenous cultures and cultural artifacts were derisively viewed as curios and artifacts instead of the living cultural objects they are. The lasting effect of this colonial perspective on Indigenous cultural production and objects was that Indigenous works were produced for a tourist market and work with sacred meaning was used to encourage tourism.

Illustration of a smiling face on a yellow background

The classic yellow smiley face is comprised of a yellow circle, two black dots for eyes and a black arc ending in serifs for a mouth. It  was designed in 1963 by by commercial artist, Harvey Ross Ball. Ball was commissioned by The State Mutual Life Insurance Company to create a happy face to raise the morale of their employees. His version was created in 10 minutes. The design was printed onto more than 50 million buttons. Neither Ball nor the company copyrighted this smiley, so it was continually used by other businesses in their promotions.

The design and concept is quite simple and was definitely used before Ball’s 1963 version. However his has become the most iconic. Variations have been used for advertising campaigns and in popular culture ever since.

Light green button with dark green smiley face. "NY" is written in the eyes and a "1" makes up the nose. 

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Illustration of a smiley with a black phone on a blue background

The classic yellow smiley face is comprised of a yellow circle, two black dots for eyes, and a black arc ending in serifs for a mouth. It was designed in 1963 by commercial artist, Harvey Ross Ball. Ball was commissioned by The State Mutual Life Insurance Company to create a happy face to raise the morale of their employees. His version was created in 10 minutes. The design was printed onto more than 50 million buttons. Neither Ball nor the company copyrighted this smiley, so it was continually used by other businesses in their promotions.
The design and concept is quite simple and was definitely used before Ball’s 1963 version. However, his has become the most iconic. Variations have been used for advertising campaigns and in popular culture ever since.

The rotary dial phone operates with pulse dialing. The caller chooses the numbers one at a time on a wheel that rotates. The receiver and microphone are built into one handset which has a cord that attaches to the rotary phone’s base that is plugged into the wall.

Hot pink button with the image of a smiley face. The smile is made up of the phrase "I love the ferry". 

A ferry is a type of vessel that carries people or items between two places. A famous ferry is the Staten Island Ferry which travels between St. George on Staten Island and Whitehall Street in lower Manhattan daily.

The I heart NY logo was created in 1977 by Milton Glaser for an ad campaign created by advertising agency Wells Rich Greene. The marketing campaign was sought by then-Deputy Commissioner William S. Doyle to increase tourism in the state of New York. The campaign was a wild success. The original sketch of the logo is permanently on display at the MOMA.

The logo has become iconic in pop-culture and has been imitated in many forms around the world.

The classic yellow smiley face is comprised of a yellow circle, two black dots for eyes, and a black arc ending in serifs for a mouth. It was designed in 1963 by commercial artist, Harvey Ross Ball. Ball was commissioned by The State Mutual Life Insurance Company to create a happy face to raise the morale of their employees. His version was created in 10 minutes. The design was printed onto more than 50 million buttons. Neither Ball nor the company copyrighted this smiley, so it was continually used by other businesses in their promotions.
The design and concept is quite simple and was definitely used before Ball’s 1963 version. However, his has become the most iconic. Variations have been used for advertising campaigns and in popular culture ever since.

Illustration of a ying yang with half a yellow smiley face and half a tie-dye background with a peace sign and eight ball with a black outer

Nick Rouley, a former Busy Beaver Button Company employee, designed this button with representations of things that were popular in the 1990s for a button swap.

Blue text and a blue smiling face illustration on a white background

Volkswagen is a German automaker that was founded in 1937. They are well-known for the style of car known as the beetle, which has had several iterations over the years. Their logo colors are blue and white. This suggestive button with car logos in the eyes, saying, "You look great," implies that the person viewing the car can see themselves in a VW automobile.

Yellow button with black smiley face and text in the smile. 

The classic yellow smiley face is comprised of a yellow circle, two black dots for eyes, and a black arc ending in serifs for a mouth. It was designed in 1963 by commercial artist, Harvey Ross Ball. Ball was commissioned by The State Mutual Life Insurance Company to create a happy face to raise the morale of their employees. His version was created in 10 minutes. The design was printed onto more than 50 million buttons. Neither Ball nor the company copyrighted this smiley, so it was continually used by other businesses in their promotions.
The design and concept is quite simple and was definitely used before Ball’s 1963 version. However, his has become the most iconic. Variations have been used for advertising campaigns and in popular culture ever since.

The Wonder Stuff is a British alternative rock band active in the late 80s and early 90s, who took a hiatus, then reunited in the year 2000 to the present day. They have one number 1 single for the song, “Dizzy,” and have six songs on the Billboard Alternative Songs Chart in the United States.