After working with our Dada composites and animation in Photoshop, the project got me thinking about a dynamic, (sometimes animated) design that I see almost every day—the Google home page. We all know what the Google logo normally looks like, but oftentimes, what catches my eye is the special Google logos created to commemorate holiday or famous events. What’s also interesting, and what you may not know, is that the Google logo you see when you open the homepage may not be the one someone across the world sees. Rather, the doodles are curated specifically by day and region, so that they provide maximum appeal to their respective audiences.
These are called Google doodles, and what I’ve noticed over the years is that they vary greatly. Some are animated, are static. Some appear hand-drawn or hand-painted, others are clearly designed on the computer. Some are simple with only a few elements, others—in my opinion—look like small works of art.
In order to keep these designs constantly changing, Google also holds a contest for Google doodles called Doodle for Google! Google also stores an archive of all of its Google doodles that have been published here (the featured image above is one that I found very cool)!
