First Day of Summer

I noticed when I went online earlier today that it's the first day of summer today... I notcied as Google have a doodle designed by Takashi Murakami for the event here in the UK.

Mr Takashi Murakami

Mr Takashi Murakami is a prolific contemporary Japanese artist that works in both traditional media as well as digital media.

Here is his work for Google:

I think it's bright, fun and fit for purpose!

Doodles for Google

The Google logo is iconic... love it or loath it you know it when you see it.

The Doodles for Google are representations of the Google logo to match an event or cause. They are not applied globally, rather on a country by country basis so that browsers in China see a Doodle that relates to them rather than something for the UK/US that is meaningless.

The Competition

There is also a competition held on a country by country basis, with different age categories where school children get a chance to design a logo on a subject of Google's choice - the winner of each age group gets to see their logo on Google for a day + some nice bits and bobs!

If you'd like to see more of the different logos or find out about the competition just visit http://www.google.com/logos/index.html