All Entries Tagged With: "doodle"

Google Celebrates Alphonse Mucha With New Doodle

Another day, another doodle. Hot on the heels of the doodle that celebrated artist Josef Frank’s birthday, Google has posted up a brand-spanking-new logo which celebrates Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha, who was born on the 24th of July, 1860 in Ivančice, Czech Republic.

Mucha was responsible for creating many paintings, advertisements, designs, and illustrations, many of which have served as examples to today’s artists and designers.

Mucha died on the 14th of July, 1939 at age 78 — a direct result of falling ill with pneumonia. Google celebrates Mucha’s contributions to the artistic community today, as they have seemingly made habitual over the past few months.

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Google Celebrates Josef Frank’s 125th Birthday With New Doodle

Google has today replaced their standard logo in place of another celebrating Josef Frank, born in Baden bei Baden, Austria on July 15th, 1885, and died in Stockholm, Sweden on January 8th, 1967.

Frank was a well-known artist, architect, and textile designer.

According to Frank’s Wikipedia page, “A representative from Google Australia claims they picked Frank’s designs because he and Google share a common interest in love of innovation.”

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2010 FIFA World Cup Final Celebrated With New Google Doodle

We have a tradition of posting most of Google’s doodles. They’re interesting. The way they’re made is interesting (see our interview with the man who makes them!). Today, the California-based search company has posted a new doodle that celebrates the biggest sporting event of 2010.

We’re of course referring to the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final match between Spain and the Netherlands. Google’s doodle replicates Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium, with both Spanish and Dutch flags. Written across the pitch is Google’s world-famous logo. Sadly, no vuvuzelas are to be found.

Enjoy the game, which begins promptly at 2:30 PM Eastern on ABC.

Independence Day Celebrated With New Google Doodle

As tradition would have it, Google is once again celebrating July 4th — Independence Day — in the United States with a new doodle, or logo. This year, the company has posted a doodle which replicates a small Rube Goldberg machine that eventually launches a mini rocket, followed by raining stars when clicked.

It’s always interesting to see one of the world’s largest tech companies celebrate notable occasions in such a simple way — and they’ve been doing it for years, and the collection has surpassed 700 logos accumulated via Google’s international websites. Back in October of 2009, I interviewed Google’s Michael Lopez — web design lead and mastermind behind many doodles featured on the Google homepage, and learned some interesting information with regard to how Google doodles come about.

On a side note, you may have noticed that we too are in the Independence Day spirit, modifying our logo from the traditional gray and red.

Have a spectacular 4th of July!

Google Celebrates Father’s Day With New Doodle

Today is the day for fathers all around the country. Though you likely won’t be receiving that brand-new iPad you’ve been hinting at for months, chances are you’ll be getting a lot of attention, and that’s always fun.

Even Google’s joining in the celebration by posting up a “doodle as usual”. Today’s doodle is really quite simple: ties. The entire logo is made up of variations of ties, most of which I probably couldn’t tie myself.

Clever, clever. I’m feeling it.

Google Replaces Jacques Cousteau Doodle With World Cup Doodle

Earlier today, Google celebrated the 100th birthday of Jacques-Yves Cousteau here in the United States with one of its famous doodles, while the Google homepage was showcasing a nice FIFA 2010 World Cup doodle in the rest of the world. The company however announced in a tweet that football fans should be on the lookout later in the day today, suggesting that the Jacques Cousteau doodle was going to be replaced.

Well, Google has done the old switcheroo. The Jacques Cousteau doodle is now gone. It has been replaced with the World Cup-theme doodle featured around the world [pictured]. Unfortunately, only one doodle can be displayed at a time. However, it was definitely very nice of Google to commemorate both events today.

Google Celebrates World Cup Outside The U.S.

Earlier today, Erictric reported that Google was celebrating Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s 100th birthday here in the United States. However, the Mountain View-based has search giant is celebrating the beginning of the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup with one of its famous doodles in several countries other than the U.S.

Now, it appears Google is planning to bring some football/soccer love to the U.S. later today. According to a tweet sent out last night, Google advises football/soccer fans to “stay on doodle lookout” later today. We will definitely keep an eye on that, and update as soon as Google replaces the Cousteau doodle with a World Cup-themed one.

Google Celebrates Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s 100th Birthday [Updated]

Today, Google is commemorating the 100th birthday of  French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher Jacques-Yves Cousteau with one of its famous doodles. As you might have guessed, Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910. Unfortunately, he passed away on June 25, 1997. Cousteau is renowned around the world for his outstanding work on marine life conservation and defense of the environment.

Google Pulls Background-Changing Doodle

Earlier today, Erictric reported that Google was changing its homepage background every single hour. Turns out that the whole thing was just a “special doodle” promoting the newest homepage background feature, which allows users to replace the white background with an image. The doodle was definitely met with mixed feelings. Some hated it, others loved it. There was no shortage of opinion.

Unfortunately, there was supposed to be a link on the homepage redirecting to a post on the Official Google Blog, explaining that the background change was temporary. Due to a bug, the link did not appear, which made many users believe Google was imposing the new feature. Luckily for the haters, the Google homepage is now back to white. However, users still have the option to replace the white background with one of their favorite photos.