로고로 말하는 기념일 : Google Doodle

Google 홈페이지에서 Google 로고를 응용하여 디자인된 Google 기념일 로고는 두들(Doodle)이라는 명칭으로 불리워지고 있는데, '낙서'의 의미가 있는 원래의 의미가 구글(Google)의 사명과 어감이 유사해서 하나의 고유명사처럼 생각하는 사람이 많다.

더우기 최초로 구글의 기념일 로고를 만든 사람이 Google 웹마스터로 유명한 데니스 황(한국명: 황정목)으로 알려져있어서 한국사람들에게는 조금 더 의미있고 친근하게 다가온다.  실제 데니스황의 경우 최초로 기념일로고를 만들었던 2000년 당시 인턴사원이었는데 이 일을 계기로 구글의 웹마스터로 성장하게 되었다.



지금까지 구글이 만든 기념일 로고는 약 1,000개가 넘는 다고 하는데, 개인적으로 압권은 2011년 4월 16일 찰리채플린 탄생 122주년을 기념하여 전세계에 공통적으로 오픈한 두들이다. 기존의 기념일로고가 gif 형태로 만들어졌는데, 찰리채플린 기념로고는 무성영화가 가져다는 느낌을 그대로 응용하여 Google과 찰리채플린의 만남을 패러디하여 소개해주고 있다.



이전까지만 해도 회사의 얼굴이라고 할 수 있는 로고를 가지고 새로운 디자인을 한다는 발상이 쉽지 않았지만 구글의 기념일로고에 대한 사용자들의 반응이 좋았기에 최근에 포탈, 쇼핑몰 등 다양한 사이트에서 특별한 날을 기념하여 아이디어가 번뜩이는 로고를 선보이고 있다.

h-tp://www.thehiddenfact.com/25-famous-people-who-google-celebrate-their-birthday/ 에서는 지금까지 선 보였던 유명인사의 생일을 기념하는 구글로고중에서 베스트 25을 뽑아서 정리해주고 있다.

René Magritte
(1898-1967) Belgian Surrealist artist, famous for his pictures are clever, witty and entertaining.

Is shown on the Google homepage on 21 November 2008.

Marc Chagall
(1887-1985) Russian modern Jewish artist. He is a pioneer of modern art and one of the most successful artists in the twentieth century.

Is shown on the Google homepage on July 7, 2008.

Diego Velázquez
(1599-1660) artist and portrait painter from Spain, many of his famous paintings is explaining of cultural and historical significance, the kings and figures of prominent Europeans all the time.

Is shown on the Google homepage on June 6, 2008.

Walter Gropius
(1883-1969) German architect, founder of the Bauhaus and the pioneer of modern architecture.

Is shown on the Google homepage on May 18, 2008.

Alexander Graham Bell
(1847-1922) famous scientist and inventor, of which discovered the phone.

Is shown on the Google homepage on March 3, 2008.

Luciano Pavarotti
(1935-2007) Italian opera singers, part of “The Three Tenors” and one of the most famous singer in the world.

Is shown on the Google homepage on October 12, 2007.

Yuri Gagarin
(1934-1968) Soviet cosmonaut who was the first man in space and orbit the earth

Is shown on the Google homepage on 12 April 2007.

Edvard Munch
(1863-1944) from the Norwegian symbolist painter, known for its art expressionistic. his painting The Scream is a masterpiece of the most recognizable in all styles of art (and this is the reason for Google to use it as the theme of the logo).

Is shown on the Google homepage on December 12, 2006.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859-1930) British author known for his novels about Sherlock Holmes, one of the figures
The most famous imaginary at all times.

Is shown on the Google homepage on May 22, 2006.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

(1756-1791) of Austria. It has a remarkable talent in her music and composer-one of the most popular classical composer of the time.

Is shown on the Google homepage on January 27, 2006.

Martin Luther King Jr..
(1929-1968) One of the most famous American leader. bloody African-Americans, perhaps more famous as a symbol of resistance to racial differences, he also winning the Nobel prize for peace.

Is shown on the Google homepage on January 16, 2006. And always displayed on every Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 16).

Louis Braille
(1809-1852) creator of the Braille, which is used as a read-write system for the blind or those of weak eyesight (he himself blind)

Is shown on the Google homepage on January 4, 2006.

Frank Lloyd Wright
(1867-1959) American architect and interior design. American Institute of Architecture referred to it as “the greatest American architect of all time”.

Is shown on the Google homepage on June 8, 2005.

Leonardo da Vinci
(1452-1519) The Italian versatile, doing extraordinary things to work as a scientist, engineer, creator, expert anatomy, painters and more. often called the archetypal Renaissance man. One of the most talented person who is widely known all the time.

Is shown on the Google homepage on 15 April 2005.

Vincent van Gogh
(1853-1890) Impressionist artists from the Netherlands and pioneer Expressionisme.And yes, he cut his own ear.

Is shown on the Google homepage on March 30, 2005.

Ray Charles
(1930-2004) singer and piano player American soul music. Rolling Stone magazine put him on the rank 2 of a list of 100 greatest singers of the time.

Is shown on the Google homepage on September 23, 2004.

Gaston Julia
(1893-1978) French mathematician Julia sets trigger formula, which is used in terms of generating fractals.

Is shown on the Google homepage on February 3, 2004.

Alfred Hitchcock
(1899-1980) film director and producer from the UK, the pioneer in the genre of psychological suspense. one of the famous film maker all the time.

Is shown on the Google homepage on August 13, 2003.

MC Escher
(1898-1972) Dutch graphic artist, famous for his inspirational mathematic image of an impossible constructions and geometric figures.

Is shown on the Google homepage on June 16, 2003.

Albert Einstein
(1879-1955) German physicist, best known for his theory of relativity but a major contribution to various disciplines. He is also the recipient of the Nobel physics award. He is regarded as one of the most influential person in human history.

Is shown on the Google homepage on March 14, 2003.

Michelangelo
(1475-1564) painter, sculptor, architect and engineer from Italy. Together with Leonardo da Vinci, he is often referred to as the archetypal Renaissance man (multi-talents).

Is shown on the Google homepage on March 6, 2003.

Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973) painter and sculptor-blooded Andalusian Spanish. Famous (among others) founded the Cubist movement. He is also one person who has the longest name ever encountered, try this: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso.

Is shown on the Google homepage on October 25, 2002.

Andy Warhol
(1928-1987) American artist and illustrator and a well-known figure in the Pop art movement. In addition to his many works of art, he is also known to be the originator of the concept of “15 minutes of fame”.

Is shown on the Google homepage on August 6, 2002.

Piet Mondrian
(1872-1944) Dutch painter and an important contributor to the abstract art movement De Stijl

Is shown on the Google homepage on March 7, 2002