Google Doodles Logos by Dennis Hwang

Ever wonder who creates beautiful logos which you see daily on the Google homepage commemorating holidays and events?

Meet Dennis Hwang – the official logo designer for Google who creates those Google Doodles – a variety of logos commemorating holidays and events. An excerpt from a post on Google Blog entitled Oodles of Doodles reveals -

“My name is Dennis, and I’m the guy who draws the Google doodles. But the doodle tradition started here before I did….”

“….And I’ve done all the doodles ever since; I’ve produced almost 150 by now. The doodles are only a small part of my actual job (as Google’s international webmaster, I’m responsible for managing all our international site content, which keeps me plenty busy), but it’s definitely my favorite. Holding up my mockups and then holding my breath while Larry and Sergey do their “thumbs-up, thumbs-down” emperor thing is never boring, and I love the fact that my little niche within this company turned out to be something so cool and creative and, well, Google-y.”

Another much older post on the Korean Herald (still linked by official google page) profiles Dennis Hwang logo designing skills in an interview.

“Just another day’s work for Dennis Hwang (Hwang Jung-moak), a 23-year-old Korean computer artist in the United States, who has been drawing the face of Google for almost two years, creating a buzz of sorts with his simple yet witty designs.

With its seemingly magical ability to produce the most relevant search results, Google is already an established destination for the Internet savvy. Recently, Hwang’s creative logos have been expressing the playful heart of Google behind the impressive technology.”

If you would like to include a link to Google on your site, use these official logo stickers. If you would like to use the Google logo for some other purpose, see Google Permissions page. There are also several fan-created logos possibly created as part of a Google Doodle designing contest. You can view Google logos created in previous years also: 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999.

ZDNet UK reports that a London schoolgirl won a competition to create a doodle for Google’s UK Web site. The ‘Doodle for Google’ school challenge was open to 4,000 pupils at 25 London schools. It was judged by Dennis Hwang. Google held the competition to mark the launch of a new London office.

Another unique site is Holiday Google, which mimics google search page but provides a new Google Doodle on every reload. You can also submit a logo to them. Which is your favourite Google Doodle?