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Google Doodle – Celebrate Keith Haring’s Birthday with Pop Art

May 4th, 2012 Posted in Google Doodle
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The Google doodle of today (4 May 2012) is a pop street art styled logo in celebration of the 54th birthday of Keith Haring, the famous American pop artist.  His works, which blends street art and pop culture, influenced many designers and modern art works.

Google Doodle - Keith Haring Birthday

Keith got public’s attention by his famous chalk paintings in the New York City Subway in the 1970′s.  He was mentored by Andy Warhol and opened a shop in the SoHo area in 1989 where he sold merchandise with his signature paintings with cartoonish style and strong vivid colors.  He had cross-over products with many brands and pop artistes.

He was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988, since then he became an activist who promoted the concept of safe sex and raised the public’s awareness of AIDS.  He passed away in 1990 at the age of 31 due to AIDS related diseases, but as of today you could still find his works and many followers who paint in his style.

Find out more about Keith Haring from here: http://www.haring.com

His shop, Pop Shop: http://www.pop-shop.com

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Google Doodle – International Women’s Day

March 8th, 2012 Posted in Google Doodle
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March 8 is the International Women’s Day, Google released a new doodle for this special event.  The “G” of Google is replaced by the female symbol while the “o” is shown as a flower.

Google Doodle - International Womens Day

International Women’s Day is an event with long history.  According to Wikipedia, this day was marked for the first time in 1911 with over 1 million participants in various related activities in Europe.  So the one in this year, 2012, should be the 101st International Women’s Day.  The United Nations (UN) has an “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty” theme for International Women’s Day 2012.  It was reported that political leaders such as US President Barack Obama and the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon were supporting this year’s event.

 

To learn more about this year’s International Women’s Day, check out these sites:

http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

http://www.un.org/en/events/womensday/

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Google Doodle – Heinrich Rudolf Hertz – Electromagnetic Wave

February 22nd, 2012 Posted in Google Doodle
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Google Doodle - Heinrich Rudolf Hertz - Electromagnetic Wave

What does the above doodle mean?  Think wave and frequency.  Does it look like a graph you could find in physics textbooks?  You are right, this is a graph resembling an electromagnetic wave.

The Google Doodle of 22 February is one to celebrate the 155th birthday of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, a German physicist who was the first man to broadcast and receive radio waves.  His works laid the foundation of modern communication technology.  If you have ever heard of the unit “Hz”, which is used to measure frequency, is named after him in 1930.

I like this doodle a lot.  It is so stylish and simple.  Why not Google consider using this as the next new logo?

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Google Doodle: Valentine’s Day 2012, Melt Your Cold Cold Heart

February 14th, 2012 Posted in Google Doodle
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The Google Doodle for Valentine’s Day 2012 is an animation featuring Tony Bennett’s “Cold, Cold Heart”.  In this doodle a guy holds a painting frame with a big “play” button.  Click on it to play the animation.  Close captioning and play/pause function are provided.

Valentines Day Google Doodle

In this animation, the guy tried very hard to please a girl with flowers, chocolate, toys and other gifts, but failed.  Luckily he finally won the heart of the girl by his sincerity.  Watch this animation to know how.

Google Valentines Day Doodle Animation

At the end of this animation, a patchwork of six pictures, each featuring a couple, is shown.  It is a world where everybody living life in peace.  You can find a dog-cat couple, two same-sex couples, astronaut and ET, the princess and the frog…

Google Doodle Valentines Day Animation

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Google Doodle 7 Feb 2012 – Charles Dickens the English Novelist

February 7th, 2012 Posted in Google Doodle
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The Google doodle of today (7 February) is Charles Dickens, the English novelist, who was born 200 years ago on 7 February 1812.  He is probably one of the most well-known author in the English world whose works are read by kid, students and adults.

Google doodle Charles Dickens

Charles has many popular works, including Oliver Twist (My favorite), David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, The Pickwick Papers and Great Expectations.

This doodle is for the 200th anniversary of Charles.  It contains many characters from his stories set in a Victorian theme (Charles was a great author in the Victorian period).  In United Kingdom, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will be leading celebrations today.  Besides, a range of celebration activities will be held all over the world.  You can know more from this web site:

http://www.dickens2012.org/

 

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Martin Luther King, Jr Day Google Doodle

January 16th, 2012 Posted in Google Doodle
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Today (15 January 2012), Google released a new doodle to mark the 26th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr Day in the United States.

Martin Luther King Jr Google Doodle

In this doodle you can find quotes of his words including “We shall overcome someday” and “I have a dream that my four little children will not be judged by the color of their skin”.

Martin is an activist and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.  15 January, which is his birthday, was chosen as the memorial day.  He is famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech.  He’s the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate.  He was assassinated on 4 April 1968 at the age of 39 only.

 

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Google Doodle – 2012 Happy New Year!

January 1st, 2012 Posted in Google Doodle
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Happy new year!  This is my first blog post in 2012.  Let’s start this year with something related to the new year.

Google released a 2012 Happy New Year Google doodle.  On the left behind the big G are “hello” in different languages, signaling the coming of a new year.  The other letters shows some of the things you may do: music, reading, cleaning, planing for the new year…  It is a simple one but I like the message behind.  Have a peaceful and solid year 2012.

Google Doodle - Happy New Year 2012 - New Year's Day

 

Wish all my readers a happy and prosperous new year!

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Happy Holidays from Google! Festive Doodle!

December 23rd, 2011 Posted in Google Doodle
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UPDATE 24 Dec

It turns out that the static Happy Holiday Google Doodle is just the beginning.  Today (24 Dec) released an interactive version of it, with the Jingle Bell music.

Google Happy Holidays Doodle - Interactive

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I guess this holiday doodle is the few Google Doodles that do not require any explanation.  It’s not for the memorial of somebody, it’s not a national day.  It’s simply the festive season!

Happy Holidays from Google - Doodle

Just published on 23 December 2011, this doodle is made to celebrate the Christmas and new year.  Each year Google releases happy holidays doodles during this season.  Below are a few of the best happy holidays doodles I like in the past years.

Happy Holidays Google Doodles 2010

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Happy Holidays Google Doodles 2004

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Happy Holidays Google Doodles 19991999

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