
Google has a big history that started on 1999 and is related to changing its homepage logo to match a specific theme, it can be:
- a season like Christmas
- birthday of a famous artist
- national holidays
- etc
The designer that makes these pieces of art is Dennis Hwang who works at Google as the International Webmaster. Anyway, the following list is what I consider to be the top 15 google logos since its creation to this date, they are not listed by quality but you can comment and say which is your favourite one.
Louis Braille’s Birthday – January 4, 2006

Inventor of the world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing
World Water Day – March 22, 2005

Einstein’s Birthday – March 14, 2003

Thanksgiving – 2000

Dilber Google Doodle – May 20, 2002

Vincent van Gogh’s Birthday – March 30, 2005

Summer Games in Athens – 2004

April Fool’s Day – 2000

Independence Day in the United States – July 4, 2001

Picasso’s Birthday – October 25, 2002

100th Anniversary of Flight – December 17, 2003

Korean Liberation Day – August 15, 2001

Vote in Presidential Election – November 2, 2004

Edvard Munch’s Birthday – December 12, 2006

Google Beta – 1999

That is the top 15 list but there are still 2 honorable mentions, one of them goes to the Google Lunar Office prank on 2004 on the April Fool’s day in which they were interviewing candidates for engineering positions at the lunar hosting and research center.
The other respectable mention is the logo used on the Andy Warhol’s Birthday (August 6, 2002), the blue + yellow + pink + green combination is a killing that probably hurt the eyes of many googlers.

There are more Google Logos at their official page.
For your viewing pleasure, here is a time lapse video that shows Chief Google Doodler Dennis Hwang drawing a Google Doodle from start to finish.
Tags: art, google





53 responses
Jan 3, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Those are great logos, I agree. However, you may want to fix the date on the Independence Day. It’s July 4th, not 14th.
Jan 3, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Thanks for the correction cravey, it was a typo
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Jan 4, 2007 at 5:38 am
I love the Munch one, it’s the best.
Good collection!
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Jan 4, 2007 at 6:42 am
April 20th isn’t on there?!?!?!
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Jan 4, 2007 at 9:06 am
Before i started reading i knew that Edvard Munch”s Birthday must have been included. It’s the one i remember the most and will be always the best for me.
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Jan 4, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Last year CNN profiled the guy who makes all of these.
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Jan 4, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Mark,
Thanks for the CNN link. I always wondered who was behind those great logos.
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Jan 9, 2007 at 5:01 pm
very Niceeee
Jan 9, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Picasso”s Birthday is best so far…
Jan 10, 2007 at 10:00 am
I wonder what software is used to create this logos ??
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I love the Google logo variations! They are so inspiring
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Jan 1, 2008 at 11:52 am
google forever:)I love the Google logo variations!
Jan 22, 2008 at 11:01 am
I love the Google logo variations! They are so inspiring
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Mar 19, 2008 at 9:34 am
thank you
May 15, 2008 at 3:21 am
i must say there are some nice one in there but i collect doodle’s forom google and please inform me when u have the whole turkey (thanksgiving) collection
P.S nice doodle’s
May 29, 2008 at 1:47 am
how do google design their logos?? which software??
Aug 15, 2008 at 8:24 am
I like the invention.
Aug 20, 2008 at 9:21 pm
where can I find and download all the Google logos since day one of the fantastic Google History?
Thanks
Allen
Dec 10, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I for one have always been a huge fan of google’s ever changing logo designs. Each holiday or change of season, I look forward to seeing the new design that google has to display. It takes some creativity to come up with so many different ideas all the time, but they are definitely well noticed and enjoyed, but i wouldn’t expect anything less from the internet’s top search engine.
http://www.logodesignguru.com
Feb 14, 2009 at 5:53 pm
nice job.thanks so much.
oyun
May 5, 2009 at 3:52 am
I think everyone likes changes and it is good to make changes continuously but it is important to make changes in right way and right time like google. Thanks
May 29, 2009 at 5:31 am
i love google’s logo surprise.Google know logo work.
Jul 10, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Today’s one (Nikola Tesla) is the best I’ve seen.
Jul 21, 2009 at 2:59 pm
What do you guys think of this one?
http://theartoftylerjordan.com/illustration/illustration27_26.html
Jul 22, 2009 at 7:20 am
Google logos i like most of them.
Aug 14, 2009 at 11:01 am
Definitely albert einstein, he is the cutest!!!(:
Sep 17, 2009 at 4:38 am
we love google
Thanks my friend
Sep 24, 2009 at 6:03 am
Great logo. Nicely design
Oct 6, 2009 at 10:46 am
Google ever produce good logo.
Oct 20, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Outstanding!!! Never seen before…. I loved visiting this Blog as everytime I visit I’ll get something out of you guys…
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