June 18, 2019

Fatboy Slim sets up - smiley exhibition

DJ, musician, smiley aficionado, and now curator Fatboy Slim has a new art exhibition devoted to the - smiley. Slim, aka Norman Cook, has amassed possibly the largest collection of smiley ephemera in the world, which is now to form the centrepiece of an exhibition, Smile High Club, opening 21 June, in Lisbon. Items include a smiley toaster, cuff links, watches, shoes, scales, wristbands, clocks, jewellery and prints, paying tribute to Harvey Ball, who is credited for creating the logo 55 years ago, the same year Cook was born, Sky News reports.