Google Doodle

Celebratory search graphic

A Google Doodle is a temporary artistic modification of the Google logo on the search engine's homepage, created to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, or notable figures: Today's Google Doodle honors Marie Curie's birthday.

Some are static images; others are interactive games or animations.

The doodles have become a form of cultural calendar, marking events users might otherwise overlook.

Related

mini game · interactive · logo · mural · inspiration · animation · Pac-Man · game · science communication · clickable · Les Paul · art · celebration · pixel art · national holiday · founding · milestone · historical figure

Opposites
celebratory/commemorative vs. unmarked/ordinary

Google Doodleblank slate

Unmarked starting point

non-event

playful/creative branding vs. austere/minimal branding

Google Doodleminimalist design

Aesthetic of essential elements only

functional design

commemorative purpose

Google Doodleordinary day

Uneventful twenty-four hours

Family

Google, googled, googling, doodle, doodles, doodled, doodling, doodler

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G