Eight Shades of Google
- Posted by: danielriley
- on February 13, 2008 at 9:34 am
Ruth Kedar, the graphic designer behind Google’s instantly recognizable, primary-colored (plus that rogue green ‘L’) logo walks us through the many sample iterations she developed before dreaming up the symbol of luxurious web-searching that we all know and (most of us) have come to love.
Kedar met Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page nine years ago while she was an assistant professor at Stanford, when it would’ve been impossible to comprehend the vastness of Google’s potential—and when the project was likely only a kind favor for a couple of motivated grad students.
Check out Google No. 1 (above) through No. 8: Wired.com
