If you search using Google’s main page, you’ve probably seen the 2010 Christmas Google Doodle, revealed today.
The word “Google” isn’t visible in the festive design, supplanted by 17 Christmassy images displayed in an art-gallery style. According to a lengthy WSJ piece , the complex, multi-linked Google Doodle took five artists 250 hours over six months to cobble together:
(Michael) Lopez divvied up the 17 scenes among his staff, personally taking responsibility for six. As the team met over the following months to discuss regular doodles, artists would give updates on the status of their holiday sketches. Jennifer Hom, who was assigned Italy, drew Venetian gondolas on the wipe board, with the curve of a bridge feeding into a “G.”
The image will remain on Google’s homepage for two and a half days, so people who are not wasting time at work or are otherwise occupied by holiday preparations have sufficient time to explore the information-rich design. Each of the individual images links to a related keyphrase, such as “buche de noel,” “Nepal,” “Up on the Housetop,” or “Sydney Harbour.”
Have you had time to check out the 2010 Christmas Google Doodle? Are you impressed?
