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 the domino effect by eventually having a mini rocket launch, 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. |
