7 Delicious Google logos (Doodles) that might make you hungry
Did you know that every once in a while, Google changes their homepage logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists and scientists?
They call the logo drawings and animations Doodles, and what started out as a gaff has become a tradition that users anticipate and even collect in some cases.
The first Doodle was a stick figure letting users know that Larry and Sergey (founders) were out of the office attending Burning Man, a cultural festival in the desert. A year later intern Dennis Hwang did a Doodle for Bastille Day and was anointed Head Doodler; he now leads the team of designers and engineers that produce the company’s Doodles.
Today we thought it’d be fun to look back at some of the food-focused Doodles that have delighted users around the world. There are plenty, so we’ve picked a few favorites!
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi’s 118th Birthday
To honor the scientist who discovered Vitamin-C, the Doodle Team turned Google into the distributor of all things rich in Vitamin-C content!
This was the first concept drawing:
Which turned into this finished logo:
More details here.
Magusto 2011
From the Doodle site: “Magusto” is a Portuguese tradition celebrated by all generations: from grandparents, to moms and dads, and little children. On this day, people come together to eat chestnuts, drink new wine and mingle with friends and family.
More details here.
Canadian Thanksgiving 2009
Google swaps their logo pretty much every Thanksgiving holiday, but their ’09 Canadian Thanksgiving logo really stands out, mostly because it’s entirely one color!
More details here.
Valentine’s Day 2007
Valentine’s Day is another regular Doodle holiday, but this subtle offering in 2007 conjures up the delicious memories of chocolate covered strawberries.
Details here. More Valentine’s doodles.
Persian New Year 2009
Shown in United Arab Emirates & Afghanistan in March of ’09, this elegant logo is likely an unknown to most of us.
Details here.
Tomato Festival 2008
In honor of Spain’s Tomato festival, this juicy logo was displayed in August of 2008. This is the festival dubbed Tomatina, during which there’s what amounts to a massive tomato food fight!
Details here.
Halloween 2011
This is probably the most impressive effort yet; imagine putting much effort into your company’s logo for one day!
This is the video that lived on the homepage and showed users the process of carving the massive pumpkins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPAa7BqgSbw
And here’s the behind the scenes video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yjG0rmOIngE
More details here.
What are you favorites?
Head over to the Doodle site to check out the hundreds of Doodles from Google over the years. There’s a nice little blurb on the history of Doodles there too. Let us know which ones are your favorites!
