Ask E.T.: Google logo on Mondrian's birthday (and other holidays)

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Google logo on Mondrian's birthday (and other holidays)

-- ET, March 11, 2002

Response to Graphic of the Day: Google Logo on Mondrian's Birthday

-- Edward Tufte, March 12, 2002

Response to Graphic of the Day: Google Logo on Mondrian's Birthday

all of google's holiday logos are archived at http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html. enjoy!

-- chris ege (email), July 5, 2002

ET: I hope you had a chance to see Google's logo today (1.4.06). It was Louis Braille's birthday. Cynthia ps. Thank you for the very inspiring workshop in SF.

-- Cynthia Lee Katona (email), January 4, 2006

An interesting article on how the Google logo was developed. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/multimedia/2008/02/gallery_google_logos

-- Ryan (email), February 22, 2008

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