The Best Artist & Architect Google Doodles Since 1998.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNHE_L7GR4UePd8K2C2X03D2LT07wN-whYt7iNPBZ61U6FZobRBTemK52x_Km_0x08gjRv44H7GzxEDprzPY5ljJJGH5S8pCevU6xvJSZ3cTYX2dxouYp_qrIvBft1lWO0vjalV5wCpM/s1600/Google-ART+Logo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591125967673692674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNHE_L7GR4UePd8K2C2X03D2LT07wN-whYt7iNPBZ61U6FZobRBTemK52x_Km_0x08gjRv44H7GzxEDprzPY5ljJJGH5S8pCevU6xvJSZ3cTYX2dxouYp_qrIvBft1lWO0vjalV5wCpM/s400/Google-ART+Logo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 486px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:50%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above Google Art Doodle by Laura Sweet</span></span><br /><br />This is the first installment in a series of posts which will highlight various homepage versions of the Google logo since they began. Referred to as Google Doodles, I gathered my personal favorites since their inception in 1998 and will be sharing them with you over the next few weeks.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Google Doodle during their beta phase in 1998:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiML9Qbu224fIrfoMEMmTxEJwIEkUyImet1SdNvA-GGlNqIQOruZ4UmD1Nvv14NaxjY8lIUfyghROD6OU3uNXxpuIyFIt8jZ3ttA1QyqoZAObs94bFhRMQu3sH_cp-eAKzyGkq8Kqx0LYE/s1600/googlebeta98.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591127627153648562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiML9Qbu224fIrfoMEMmTxEJwIEkUyImet1SdNvA-GGlNqIQOruZ4UmD1Nvv14NaxjY8lIUfyghROD6OU3uNXxpuIyFIt8jZ3ttA1QyqoZAObs94bFhRMQu3sH_cp-eAKzyGkq8Kqx0LYE/s400/googlebeta98.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 116px;" /></a><br /><br /><iframe width="530" height="427" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BIctMbYL0d4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">First, a brief history. </span></span><br />The Google Doodle has come a long way since their first in August of 1998 when Google founders Larry and Sergey played with the corporate logo to indicate their attendance at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The very first Google Doodle:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7kFywpiEOzqSBQtidA37xpPyM21mb9apHXJthpdHb8jT7cDThFAGlha33ZpmguvdPDhfeeYFHhZViIRoudGMOkijBm11ZuqTiA7iaITUyWsrGntrKNKn8jPdEU5BcGy-kwBtIf0w0MM/s1600/googleburn1998.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591085170470054994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7kFywpiEOzqSBQtidA37xpPyM21mb9apHXJthpdHb8jT7cDThFAGlha33ZpmguvdPDhfeeYFHhZViIRoudGMOkijBm11ZuqTiA7iaITUyWsrGntrKNKn8jPdEU5BcGy-kwBtIf0w0MM/s400/googleburn1998.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 106px;" /></a><br /><br />The crudely drawn homepage doodle was hardly impressive. During the years following, namely 1998-2008, the homepage Google Doodles were very simple, and hardly blogworthy, iterations where in most cases one of the letters was replaced by an object or a small drawing was added to the logo.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The 2004 Leap Year Google Doodle was typical of the logos during 2002-2008:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xgF9TWsSLUqW6H5qqFud8ko5eYmO4M_9FlWvGf6vUKhc662YLdKbF9mlevRIG2HkxaQsT6pilex9JUYFo6fNDgZ24W3gvXLvD2GguzKO_gq64J7-tqjBzX8darVX0Qaay14amWFiEuw/s1600/leapyear2004.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591127951884479202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xgF9TWsSLUqW6H5qqFud8ko5eYmO4M_9FlWvGf6vUKhc662YLdKbF9mlevRIG2HkxaQsT6pilex9JUYFo6fNDgZ24W3gvXLvD2GguzKO_gq64J7-tqjBzX8darVX0Qaay14amWFiEuw/s400/leapyear2004.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 132px;" /></a><br /><br />Occasionally series of Doodles were created. Changing daily but honoring the same theme as in the case of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, The World Cup, Dilbert cartoons and a few other examples. But these, too, were largely unimpressive.<br /><br />As the years passed, the Google Doodles became more inventive and more imaginative. Some were even interactive, some animated and some so intensely illustrated, it was hard to make out the word Google.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Happy Holidays Google Doodle in 2010:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUR3fohZl3HVAQksnPJ3IPq9TA76-TM9oq3NlZ7NGx3Mc56H8dcTa8U8jBlRc_lca9ZRIj86aMsju519Vi7pWt2OkeRNjvHXK9G8vzUrLcAoGmViU8vNvsUF91BbZCr1Q62fbaJeFDCQ0/s1600/happy+holidaysculturetour10-hp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591128363923086466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUR3fohZl3HVAQksnPJ3IPq9TA76-TM9oq3NlZ7NGx3Mc56H8dcTa8U8jBlRc_lca9ZRIj86aMsju519Vi7pWt2OkeRNjvHXK9G8vzUrLcAoGmViU8vNvsUF91BbZCr1Q62fbaJeFDCQ0/s400/happy+holidaysculturetour10-hp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 122px;" /></a><br /><br />Today, in the first post of this ongoing series, are the best of the Google Doodles honoring artists, designers and architects since 1998. They are listed in alphabetical order by surname. Some ran in selected countries only, so you may not recognize all of them, but they are all worth a look.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Best Google Doodles - Part I Artists, Architects and Designers</span></span><br /><br />Karen Appel, Netherlands:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqiPraq96CqarjDusinuyB_N1ic71bf3-L6oRvBXa18gdEcP-xhVDfB13_lreUBXHBa_33UrytLugF5PjDA9ihKr7XQaWtbJJGHEHlbMKBCUH_nVdQ10RM3kkeAULjDOT5MEtDEVOr_G37/s1600/appel11-hp.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606673440811213154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqiPraq96CqarjDusinuyB_N1ic71bf3-L6oRvBXa18gdEcP-xhVDfB13_lreUBXHBa_33UrytLugF5PjDA9ihKr7XQaWtbJJGHEHlbMKBCUH_nVdQ10RM3kkeAULjDOT5MEtDEVOr_G37/s400/appel11-hp.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 199px;" /></a><br />James Audubon, world renowned nature artist:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15TJjyzyiXfmuaXTYMMLyP-aB6zOME3j9CfYYPZpeo24HJ4tIXqsRIjeafgvPz5UzYtAot6xg24XSgQMfvQ24UqKb_b7YgESWC2HTRWi36kYfXBBfmrPJCLiaeVKuTzvzNplveQwLypWc/s1600/audubon11-hp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606673635280198178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15TJjyzyiXfmuaXTYMMLyP-aB6zOME3j9CfYYPZpeo24HJ4tIXqsRIjeafgvPz5UzYtAot6xg24XSgQMfvQ24UqKb_b7YgESWC2HTRWi36kYfXBBfmrPJCLiaeVKuTzvzNplveQwLypWc/s400/audubon11-hp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 155px;" /></a><br />Arthur Boyd, Australian painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN58oaLfYRD9ETjCguHVIFZHp-irTWSxfLjqui9QdkVtXx5S_3lH1zDpZSMoYiSAqyyMC8z-Qa0z3YTGXUNYy_-vbJs9x6wokPtKWcA_3fF8CqsTuwY1j-ha8MOR3_0GwfAufQEd3zaw8/s1600/arthurboyd2010-hp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591098662902690978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN58oaLfYRD9ETjCguHVIFZHp-irTWSxfLjqui9QdkVtXx5S_3lH1zDpZSMoYiSAqyyMC8z-Qa0z3YTGXUNYy_-vbJs9x6wokPtKWcA_3fF8CqsTuwY1j-ha8MOR3_0GwfAufQEd3zaw8/s400/arthurboyd2010-hp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 154px;" /></a><br />Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFOdAcRr1iymz-JRchQdq90mEIbSAZpUmDUMbGwQLdHybzwUUDlR7wW4cTLSJB4ddlKtek_LJa-OG-WoNAG12wmA2gj2zUMFHcruDtCXACcdgOcZOX8PJFv86rQ0-94apajZuTgRhw6E/s1600/brancusi11-hp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591098505215484834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFOdAcRr1iymz-JRchQdq90mEIbSAZpUmDUMbGwQLdHybzwUUDlR7wW4cTLSJB4ddlKtek_LJa-OG-WoNAG12wmA2gj2zUMFHcruDtCXACcdgOcZOX8PJFv86rQ0-94apajZuTgRhw6E/s400/brancusi11-hp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 405px; height: 157px;" /></a><br />Mary Cassatt, American painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTZhDl72goBzbQ2dUEohXuWz8DU6NNbFKA9O7QQC6Q7WlA7OcIx6xq_06oZo9VkIaBJ0BAk_QPCLzjumfzqoZYViUuaxUzmJtby0AkpwcOAXdnXWiT0xHxfneZ-ym_MRJ_D5jxzBE7Fk/s1600/marycassatt09.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591094778279099682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTZhDl72goBzbQ2dUEohXuWz8DU6NNbFKA9O7QQC6Q7WlA7OcIx6xq_06oZo9VkIaBJ0BAk_QPCLzjumfzqoZYViUuaxUzmJtby0AkpwcOAXdnXWiT0xHxfneZ-ym_MRJ_D5jxzBE7Fk/s400/marycassatt09.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 173px;" /></a><br />Paul Cezanne, French painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5GDW3ogGf2rFpDQOa30JukB5Z35SqasXwEN-_Jw9cJd3YTjd2DYgZJOTNO65Qr-yksiJ16vExYUNvN1bIiqahMas1qyd75MMH5jXdN8PeTqikwzWUyftn0NG-eUCrmh232LoAPdbusM/s1600/cezanne11-hp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591098202149888050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5GDW3ogGf2rFpDQOa30JukB5Z35SqasXwEN-_Jw9cJd3YTjd2DYgZJOTNO65Qr-yksiJ16vExYUNvN1bIiqahMas1qyd75MMH5jXdN8PeTqikwzWUyftn0NG-eUCrmh232LoAPdbusM/s400/cezanne11-hp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 198px;" /></a><br />Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter and stained glass artist:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__8pN8xZQapQm2Uyeh9bIWjUUCTc2dmUz0l4K2YNjEPl2R3f2CjokTHL9wS8dNN9aTxAEMvMCKvJhDuOLREODb2777bF5E6jQ-pw5E7FIDCQA41kpYPT3NfEHfh9nyLRri3KY-GLlisk/s1600/chagall.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591098067046669986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__8pN8xZQapQm2Uyeh9bIWjUUCTc2dmUz0l4K2YNjEPl2R3f2CjokTHL9wS8dNN9aTxAEMvMCKvJhDuOLREODb2777bF5E6jQ-pw5E7FIDCQA41kpYPT3NfEHfh9nyLRri3KY-GLlisk/s400/chagall.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 180px;" /></a><br />Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian painter, writer and inventor:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1Kgf1crpBDyR-8mltOVyKIdG43pmglzfi0pALzNUOgRTtubLBYrv8uIecxlXMq01SpiGB0T5oKfRKHrl8gRwAqJMCt90_iqBT9cNmFRYnQwScFocLgJo1ihMnlAKYautVlYxk3sdDb0/s1600/da_vinci.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591097827592097570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1Kgf1crpBDyR-8mltOVyKIdG43pmglzfi0pALzNUOgRTtubLBYrv8uIecxlXMq01SpiGB0T5oKfRKHrl8gRwAqJMCt90_iqBT9cNmFRYnQwScFocLgJo1ihMnlAKYautVlYxk3sdDb0/s400/da_vinci.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 169px;" /></a><br />Will Eisner, American comic writer and artist:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BCvUJZa41Qu3EF6bZBU-3DYz7CI40sNw3K5mRp1S-1Z7yMZHNMSEgdeXWP3PZPO9ELoY81dg4hvnTv2MxNXbWZvjgj3a0r7Pktra8odr8tRDfVP_WYdgETMV7jTcGBbNVj_dg9n52N0/s1600/will+eisner11-hp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591088003151695378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BCvUJZa41Qu3EF6bZBU-3DYz7CI40sNw3K5mRp1S-1Z7yMZHNMSEgdeXWP3PZPO9ELoY81dg4hvnTv2MxNXbWZvjgj3a0r7Pktra8odr8tRDfVP_WYdgETMV7jTcGBbNVj_dg9n52N0/s400/will+eisner11-hp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 410px; height: 126px;" /></a><br />M.C. Escher, Dutch illustrator and graphic designer:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3ulL6UfTlh59gjvm0GAyY0a0zqMkxUQ6ub46pm4ulzOQUese0jB9LRqf4QUH2a6MzBPy356mr-JGDVznuPY69nrQkIvypkLh8pJnhxd0EZthAhoCk3lC9esW6cqkhpMAXbMvTI8p6tE/s1600/escher.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591097464678299762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3ulL6UfTlh59gjvm0GAyY0a0zqMkxUQ6ub46pm4ulzOQUese0jB9LRqf4QUH2a6MzBPy356mr-JGDVznuPY69nrQkIvypkLh8pJnhxd0EZthAhoCk3lC9esW6cqkhpMAXbMvTI8p6tE/s400/escher.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 157px;" /></a><br />Josef Frank, Austrian architect and artist:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8wCoXQS8b7kXqzhnMtXV0uonZbD8y6pE7y1gz5HYMBdKAqLdL335xTCdwRJft92zU0aBcD4BKMI47j9DTM_e8ZRxtp-j16IjPlBXSCXnWgQVv7JwPRdG5-RuHLuoi5gz_ssoBRfK1V8/s1600/joseffrank-hp.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591096187437068098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8wCoXQS8b7kXqzhnMtXV0uonZbD8y6pE7y1gz5HYMBdKAqLdL335xTCdwRJft92zU0aBcD4BKMI47j9DTM_e8ZRxtp-j16IjPlBXSCXnWgQVv7JwPRdG5-RuHLuoi5gz_ssoBRfK1V8/s400/joseffrank-hp.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 150px;" /></a><br />Walter Gropius, German architect:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpmLvIMcOedgVfTlZTYuzBCYjHUH9TkAyovGZrMkVlcI_gJKuZLVGDdxudlpK6dqlJnAi4tqKNLxh77_0ubVOKiODsC8T5kBgJICCCIJgXkqU_MMCsA3gWW7QiMIWD8pzgyPXVwTvp-Q/s1600/waltergropius.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591098854641791554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpmLvIMcOedgVfTlZTYuzBCYjHUH9TkAyovGZrMkVlcI_gJKuZLVGDdxudlpK6dqlJnAi4tqKNLxh77_0ubVOKiODsC8T5kBgJICCCIJgXkqU_MMCsA3gWW7QiMIWD8pzgyPXVwTvp-Q/s400/waltergropius.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 402px; height: 160px;" /></a><br />Hokusai, Japanese wood cut artist:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PzEdSq7gpGKasKvO73G80fEXzB4IsJ-zBWvAcDVQxg2OEbwNZNxjVHNhC2frEArjv33siUjXWKmXgz-2spKHDSHZ0xUpIQwQCMX1R9Cww2Ffm2-IBxDopX05ScL6jjgfcHtkz0n3YKw/s1600/hokusai10-hp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591096559030421426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PzEdSq7gpGKasKvO73G80fEXzB4IsJ-zBWvAcDVQxg2OEbwNZNxjVHNhC2frEArjv33siUjXWKmXgz-2spKHDSHZ0xUpIQwQCMX1R9Cww2Ffm2-IBxDopX05ScL6jjgfcHtkz0n3YKw/s400/hokusai10-hp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 164px;" /></a><br />Robert Indiana (for Valentine's Day), American painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BVwwbDtz-0Aqm57iBfuYP0DkjDsEzywX5lsHK2k_t2GKFMy3HvDtYiTs2YmKVx-jiMnhs-CPA9wuC0UPstl5lLS_lY5lvC-YggtCszw4_lZcjJQrV_FHCefJybbx0ug19P1e9HwY9lk/s1600/valentines11-hp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591089129657771506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BVwwbDtz-0Aqm57iBfuYP0DkjDsEzywX5lsHK2k_t2GKFMy3HvDtYiTs2YmKVx-jiMnhs-CPA9wuC0UPstl5lLS_lY5lvC-YggtCszw4_lZcjJQrV_FHCefJybbx0ug19P1e9HwY9lk/s400/valentines11-hp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 263px;" /></a><br />Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOIkCEZf35qFBLqu2xb519h5-_PmCj0dnxHqLdOXoTqYVcuVQ6nIVy_xIxa-wPYZmdp6oJnfga-xbpTWSQuPzklXMFDZtTadKChP8yHf17qbVpBi4YUCco312Q78xkkJNOTakUbeG2-4/s1600/frida10-hp.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591097263458686114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOIkCEZf35qFBLqu2xb519h5-_PmCj0dnxHqLdOXoTqYVcuVQ6nIVy_xIxa-wPYZmdp6oJnfga-xbpTWSQuPzklXMFDZtTadKChP8yHf17qbVpBi4YUCco312Q78xkkJNOTakUbeG2-4/s400/frida10-hp.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 182px;" /></a><br />Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3fY6P1MqO4ZbAya8puQ8-Eh8MLBvvBdi0fjwDuu8VUMXxXDUnzDFAHnTtJzF4GMUUL419M4LERtZGtZKVEzVNlaxnmrmiztMaZQ60v2xib2bdx4LsrDt8w9V7MY0xLKsHybmBqvKAvA/s1600/++Peder+Severin+Kr%25C3%25B8yer.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591105839426386322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3fY6P1MqO4ZbAya8puQ8-Eh8MLBvvBdi0fjwDuu8VUMXxXDUnzDFAHnTtJzF4GMUUL419M4LERtZGtZKVEzVNlaxnmrmiztMaZQ60v2xib2bdx4LsrDt8w9V7MY0xLKsHybmBqvKAvA/s400/++Peder+Severin+Kr%25C3%25B8yer.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 144px;" /></a><br />Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and designer:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAuzY21Wck_h38s1cokaey6yHofXUb3itgCw10uFMNsdUPZa57KthQbNDf7Zk19V2dLuUD1FJCkRIpE5EeCV9VK20coGRI3o0Stg2TSSDX-0bZdPH5Vj5zJdPvid33Tco23Va5hnFqDQ/s1600/mackintosh.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591094954836018786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAuzY21Wck_h38s1cokaey6yHofXUb3itgCw10uFMNsdUPZa57KthQbNDf7Zk19V2dLuUD1FJCkRIpE5EeCV9VK20coGRI3o0Stg2TSSDX-0bZdPH5Vj5zJdPvid33Tco23Va5hnFqDQ/s400/mackintosh.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 159px;" /></a><br />Rene Magritte, Belgian painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxmeL2s4uY27HQhsukOGsQR8sxnXFX398mKOvnt86H94enRieWYgpjRU0f1YauOw4ekoshDBwLD42shAwIHfRqyIaMIooRgbkoOuBzXFGsU2hEIth5duNb_CU8kRb3o7xMNn8UJ5GYWs/s1600/magritte08.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591094862679452050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxmeL2s4uY27HQhsukOGsQR8sxnXFX398mKOvnt86H94enRieWYgpjRU0f1YauOw4ekoshDBwLD42shAwIHfRqyIaMIooRgbkoOuBzXFGsU2hEIth5duNb_CU8kRb3o7xMNn8UJ5GYWs/s400/magritte08.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 190px;" /></a><br />Michelangelo, Italian sculptor and painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaznmBxS1fqpuXyKOsZZ1KWSQibcdQQ4Pb5CNAnnN5XtJ5PyEHqBzjMR52hj5dW6J4L23Umh_s3LgQBqOL11FmGBrF1gD1CzMROfdjELFTLR6_53OcyqFhdoMOgR_eM-G_RxA7Gjjitw/s1600/michelangelo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591094687129211810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaznmBxS1fqpuXyKOsZZ1KWSQibcdQQ4Pb5CNAnnN5XtJ5PyEHqBzjMR52hj5dW6J4L23Umh_s3LgQBqOL11FmGBrF1gD1CzMROfdjELFTLR6_53OcyqFhdoMOgR_eM-G_RxA7Gjjitw/s400/michelangelo.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 402px; height: 157px;" /></a><br />Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgff5Qe79cz1_T5RFzJg8tiowaXBo5kjDR0EJ5t28_nPMcXjXwku5oSYrJOr_6oVrZw7nNVIQeqFF4mazYBhrwLPApfXSvuBS49UiUUZTdAcJO2ebJpAD8qeLn6X1j0wlwyBnEnm-pWl1E/s1600/mondrian.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591094551799991218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgff5Qe79cz1_T5RFzJg8tiowaXBo5kjDR0EJ5t28_nPMcXjXwku5oSYrJOr_6oVrZw7nNVIQeqFF4mazYBhrwLPApfXSvuBS49UiUUZTdAcJO2ebJpAD8qeLn6X1j0wlwyBnEnm-pWl1E/s400/mondrian.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 159px;" /></a><br />Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSj3tcOLQNd6il3CT5B60wlFQtmF7WSMoqktZXXVhSFE7SGiykEjeFZZ_0g2-NQHGNIKNanlAuKOtRu6FUSg_b6EY6O1vbODUrDnVmxoOXY4nN9492eAlq3YECjjr8-bHxu7niDlezsH8/s1600/monet_doodle2001.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591094446348697378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSj3tcOLQNd6il3CT5B60wlFQtmF7WSMoqktZXXVhSFE7SGiykEjeFZZ_0g2-NQHGNIKNanlAuKOtRu6FUSg_b6EY6O1vbODUrDnVmxoOXY4nN9492eAlq3YECjjr8-bHxu7niDlezsH8/s400/monet_doodle2001.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 130px;" /></a><br />Alphonse Mucha, Czech Art Nouveau painter and artist:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIJ3FRpHjH6VeSCVoNbWBOKGwN5R9C6w9iS1sMt0YW4fw_V9E3HUoq-LXuQgBKfw8RBFo1GqsyfcnFL1LRS5HdHVXBUJStb-xQdg_lAx6dZMvGlbtVgLlQqOXicjIOz6jeAiIEiR4-4w/s1600/mucha10-hp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591089705662393202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIJ3FRpHjH6VeSCVoNbWBOKGwN5R9C6w9iS1sMt0YW4fw_V9E3HUoq-LXuQgBKfw8RBFo1GqsyfcnFL1LRS5HdHVXBUJStb-xQdg_lAx6dZMvGlbtVgLlQqOXicjIOz6jeAiIEiR4-4w/s400/mucha10-hp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 404px; height: 189px;" /></a><br />Isamu Noguchi, Japanese-American sculptor, painter, architect and designer:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCM_f_UpnhcN3mioyhFvdH8mVGu4AQ52b1dAX2yYa7G83qP-PAdKP6P1WHO0FRMAheoB1-2HwwmtAxTeWDzKZoLdrR8WsEeoKSitYwkd60Jv_R-B4IEp3ARyeMbwzvmCXzVjI-NDRX1Y/s1600/noguchi09-hp.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591089636489466034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCM_f_UpnhcN3mioyhFvdH8mVGu4AQ52b1dAX2yYa7G83qP-PAdKP6P1WHO0FRMAheoB1-2HwwmtAxTeWDzKZoLdrR8WsEeoKSitYwkd60Jv_R-B4IEp3ARyeMbwzvmCXzVjI-NDRX1Y/s400/noguchi09-hp.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 144px;" /></a><br />Taro Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2d0I7K9op3joKhj8c6WDGtJSyFaomKdzZwnuXZ0ZZowHEXBQU3wCGybM-EKX7bFrxbOuuKCt4tAu1rMyzWuJhhdHXoRBvQQ4fPNTnYt3dqcvzDK3ZUXUnT6b3HNwUTxYDmfgKLh46qcg/s1600/Taro+okamoto11-hp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591089276624207074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2d0I7K9op3joKhj8c6WDGtJSyFaomKdzZwnuXZ0ZZowHEXBQU3wCGybM-EKX7bFrxbOuuKCt4tAu1rMyzWuJhhdHXoRBvQQ4fPNTnYt3dqcvzDK3ZUXUnT6b3HNwUTxYDmfgKLh46qcg/s400/Taro+okamoto11-hp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 155px;" /></a><br />Nam June Paik, Korean video artist:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdmJmA8FBtgc_cBAi7Go4rL0Ek7LxiBqpjd4vbzRvrb7goo0YuRCv5rRrnN0jFHnXY2og_hN5p8XS77ZC2xz7oKYKE7wenhmbLgYGBquwqP6psYWXUuwWxwRNlRWkmOGtwNl0c7ibXAU/s1600/paik10-hp.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591113713891594178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdmJmA8FBtgc_cBAi7Go4rL0Ek7LxiBqpjd4vbzRvrb7goo0YuRCv5rRrnN0jFHnXY2og_hN5p8XS77ZC2xz7oKYKE7wenhmbLgYGBquwqP6psYWXUuwWxwRNlRWkmOGtwNl0c7ibXAU/s400/paik10-hp.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 142px;" /></a><br />Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQ7OK7GzvmlonSYG-dXpEgdzDMuTlxpgfZn0k8inDz5CAIE9WtvdpZt4nlI8vSNvT6oWzWYu3tnxRUJGaVQ4NfyzknoP9oQeO0ZQIQQRXSt5010xxfV0w-T9_b5nICw0TAGRqvEtWFpw/s1600/picasso2002.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591089542005212242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQ7OK7GzvmlonSYG-dXpEgdzDMuTlxpgfZn0k8inDz5CAIE9WtvdpZt4nlI8vSNvT6oWzWYu3tnxRUJGaVQ4NfyzknoP9oQeO0ZQIQQRXSt5010xxfV0w-T9_b5nICw0TAGRqvEtWFpw/s400/picasso2002.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 152px;" /></a><br />Jackson Pollock, American painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinn4m82OuTkw86KjUWJi5rCOmsOLlH9cPYHCkGE5rSCMgA6Sb7juQK66h9uprlbSBhwE3AE7omTMvR4EVbMFhDm7hZF9SxSli5qDqgamtztMBQdFHu00kuUvwamV_3ocZouhMB-3kbcS8/s1600/pollock09.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591089453890180530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinn4m82OuTkw86KjUWJi5rCOmsOLlH9cPYHCkGE5rSCMgA6Sb7juQK66h9uprlbSBhwE3AE7omTMvR4EVbMFhDm7hZF9SxSli5qDqgamtztMBQdFHu00kuUvwamV_3ocZouhMB-3kbcS8/s400/pollock09.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 404px; height: 190px;" /></a><br />Ilya Repin, Russian painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1utD8KpbdfQpCpE7MwEKoZNCcNCAEEmfK2GP2KHU7U1zTMNt6GrZqOTPH6iyVsl7gA-FlBjF0VVgQ5tJiGIY4jwjsycK86myfgUAAaSzsVp-hD5C43NmPTLSGhWw0svLN9WcFOecC7E/s1600/Ilya+repin09hp.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591096321103935410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1utD8KpbdfQpCpE7MwEKoZNCcNCAEEmfK2GP2KHU7U1zTMNt6GrZqOTPH6iyVsl7gA-FlBjF0VVgQ5tJiGIY4jwjsycK86myfgUAAaSzsVp-hD5C43NmPTLSGhWw0svLN9WcFOecC7E/s400/Ilya+repin09hp.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 402px; height: 161px;" /></a><br />Norman Rockwell. American illustrator and painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9_R_m2fjHodJT5plPTgsr-AvZ_NuC1bcrL0wGTWLcGLW9tDPsJK-6Q8mANOhyphenhyphennDkWv6Re8hrPQQieQonNyQ4jQqe-BBUIKvs4Loo58LXTbZHTTOo1XbFbfM67f4coriCMERvh0YLwTE/s1600/rockwell10-hp.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591089362058467506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9_R_m2fjHodJT5plPTgsr-AvZ_NuC1bcrL0wGTWLcGLW9tDPsJK-6Q8mANOhyphenhyphennDkWv6Re8hrPQQieQonNyQ4jQqe-BBUIKvs4Loo58LXTbZHTTOo1XbFbfM67f4coriCMERvh0YLwTE/s400/rockwell10-hp.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 404px; height: 210px;" /></a><br />Mimar Sinan, Turkish architect:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFOlPDPRGovheJtuU_OxFtXr5b2nbc76fMAXZG0JXeQJa22Sly_KE4GN20S9hdRpHCi-xlnNuh3a8ivDUyZwnCHesrtg79E1nvaB_wLWXioYpSt4lUX819aPpQFsyPFH5OGXvOvo5cvg/s1600/mimarsinan09.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591099007514916994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFOlPDPRGovheJtuU_OxFtXr5b2nbc76fMAXZG0JXeQJa22Sly_KE4GN20S9hdRpHCi-xlnNuh3a8ivDUyZwnCHesrtg79E1nvaB_wLWXioYpSt4lUX819aPpQFsyPFH5OGXvOvo5cvg/s400/mimarsinan09.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 178px;" /></a><br />Wayne Thiebaud (for Google's 10th birthday), American painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZv6TUNvDwcNeuOn1t_R4UEuyWBAFoOd2BPu-Nd6HantqUGPES2SeyZnoUa5mP1tmUIO2ITGGq6qGwdgiXh8aAJNZN-sCCExzkKtxvQn6MovuEEG7-6I4gxzslPOCafE4Yiwa8HBfMTOY/s1600/googbday10-theibaudhp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591096715185529042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZv6TUNvDwcNeuOn1t_R4UEuyWBAFoOd2BPu-Nd6HantqUGPES2SeyZnoUa5mP1tmUIO2ITGGq6qGwdgiXh8aAJNZN-sCCExzkKtxvQn6MovuEEG7-6I4gxzslPOCafE4Yiwa8HBfMTOY/s400/googbday10-theibaudhp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 241px;" /></a><br />Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEALoYHM1v4XekZp2i_8AzVLwJvqcjrPcE-cEW9jr4zUY68OsrSKcwDUuJ7YKrk1BwfTdkGIeEJQW34OfPaFKkdGGFeFofOgkPxbuhatpFPYjCl-7Qrmy7oUgv-sJBxAQtijG6rKo3IVI/s1600/van_gogh+2005.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591088861031839074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEALoYHM1v4XekZp2i_8AzVLwJvqcjrPcE-cEW9jr4zUY68OsrSKcwDUuJ7YKrk1BwfTdkGIeEJQW34OfPaFKkdGGFeFofOgkPxbuhatpFPYjCl-7Qrmy7oUgv-sJBxAQtijG6rKo3IVI/s400/van_gogh+2005.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 405px; height: 176px;" /></a><br />Diego Velasquez, Spanish Painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHgDBmop0v_tzx4G4FUBorVEeeS8eSFewj7D6TOOLdVfQVIgwbamMN0NzoaK4jENf85OmBdE2HIdx_ZRx-zSH3LBLKH1GRUKzcZWqmdLIVwvWspC1yEzZfkFlRyutVCSjZX8r_NyILz8/s1600/velasquez.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591088629000084818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHgDBmop0v_tzx4G4FUBorVEeeS8eSFewj7D6TOOLdVfQVIgwbamMN0NzoaK4jENf85OmBdE2HIdx_ZRx-zSH3LBLKH1GRUKzcZWqmdLIVwvWspC1yEzZfkFlRyutVCSjZX8r_NyILz8/s400/velasquez.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 406px; height: 166px;" /></a><br />Andy Warhol, American artist:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxqMcNdqzQXD1H76fEPkAoULPR75vov2OJe555WUaCohdKfey3XvtMFMWzUC0PAcSItXJWKGhea-kekrL7DMGpsV2elCMXcOlPSyNPaVHbdPIgqwPRsunLWQQUmhFlu0hVlZblwTpIII/s1600/warhol2002.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591088494173970690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxqMcNdqzQXD1H76fEPkAoULPR75vov2OJe555WUaCohdKfey3XvtMFMWzUC0PAcSItXJWKGhea-kekrL7DMGpsV2elCMXcOlPSyNPaVHbdPIgqwPRsunLWQQUmhFlu0hVlZblwTpIII/s400/warhol2002.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 412px; height: 158px;" /></a><br />Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozdIUedpu4E4aJWTD_Ob2YNbcyp-Lpcj3RAzmLdsT2a8NRi3_EL291Ssoxw7-BJEQZ4h_asznLXFsZUOtGqOPcQ7WMWhSf_vnrFsz3RFZtXWHzaROUwOLPblI6PE95Ns-S7ZBJdtdfWs/s1600/frank_lloyd_wright.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591099314681224386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozdIUedpu4E4aJWTD_Ob2YNbcyp-Lpcj3RAzmLdsT2a8NRi3_EL291Ssoxw7-BJEQZ4h_asznLXFsZUOtGqOPcQ7WMWhSf_vnrFsz3RFZtXWHzaROUwOLPblI6PE95Ns-S7ZBJdtdfWs/s400/frank_lloyd_wright.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 406px; height: 148px;" /></a><br />Zhang Daqian, Asian painter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-uRKKqyys-H2U6ZLyyQFjTgEy0IeKeaiLwE8RM2jOwFVdojMGd-rFmuCUTJjXdxkTC6Olzy1Q9GyGdAUD9nDg2rtE_9jYUQxjyTCXYAJJNiipI5XB2rqBjzijIAapJxG2yFKNpPlldWG/s1600/zhang11-hp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606674488788421570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-uRKKqyys-H2U6ZLyyQFjTgEy0IeKeaiLwE8RM2jOwFVdojMGd-rFmuCUTJjXdxkTC6Olzy1Q9GyGdAUD9nDg2rtE_9jYUQxjyTCXYAJJNiipI5XB2rqBjzijIAapJxG2yFKNpPlldWG/s400/zhang11-hp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 142px;" /></a><br /><br />The Doodle team, which consists of Marissa Mayer, Dennis Hwang, Mike Dutton, Susie Sahim, and Jenifer Hom has created over 300 doodles for Google.com in the United States. In addition, over 700 have been designed internationally and submissions by guest doodlers, Google Doodle contest winners and the general public have also been produced.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Meet The Doodlers</span> (video):<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dP_EAUg8Frw?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="530" frameborder="0" height="331"></iframe><br /><br />Want to take a whack at designing your own Google Doodle? Go ahead, you can submit your own to <a href="mailto:proposals@google.com%20">proposals@google.com </a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My next post on Google Doodles will feature the best of Inventions & Discoveries, don't miss it!</span>

The Best Artist & Architect Google Doodles Since 1998.

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Google Launches A Powerful TV Spot To Hype Their Chrome Browser.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQk3i9aB1YoHpJMaBAL_xqf1VZgf5O-f418EVVfphk-fCkmiNeuoYXZfAaAfLD6Y6PKb0FLNEVi0NB6DSkIgBTH0W6ghcMgDaXBTxrRuFj6OiCsDmOtd9Zj_qiIwSpq0-22tAIPQ5JvyV/s1600/It+gets+better+google.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604405127762061922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQk3i9aB1YoHpJMaBAL_xqf1VZgf5O-f418EVVfphk-fCkmiNeuoYXZfAaAfLD6Y6PKb0FLNEVi0NB6DSkIgBTH0W6ghcMgDaXBTxrRuFj6OiCsDmOtd9Zj_qiIwSpq0-22tAIPQ5JvyV/s400/It+gets+better+google.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 469px;" /></a><br /><br />A smart, moving and demonstrative new 90 second tv commercial achieves a dual purpose: introducing people to both <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/make/download-mac.html?brand=CHKZ">Google's latest Chrome browser</a> and Dan Savage's anti-bullying project,<a href="http://www.itgetsbetter.org"> It Gets Better</a>.<br /><br />"It Gets Better" for Google Chrome:<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7skPnJOZYdA?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="331" width="530"></iframe><br /><br />The 90 second commercial is one spot in a new campaign for Google Chrome (another spot in the campaign is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vkVHijdQk">Dear Sophie</a>) which premiered last Tuesday night during an episode of GLEE and shows people using Google Chrome’s toolbar and YouTube to record videos for the <a href="http://www.itgetsbetter.org/">It Gets Better Project</a> to empathize with and give hope to gay teenagers who fear bullying.<br /><br />The ad shows some examples of videos uploaded to YouTube to support the project by people and celebrities:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjac2p7-M9g2effsZCRTYX1BG6JkoL9_JyPbr9q5zuic8Pun0jHp13ZimbeeZd3CJrnIXuFAzXDqZw5L1sQvlELY9liu61S0lDgqANa2uv32xmeX4FlIaAfNmg6R8yjExGIKZh4UHj7KgJc/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-08+at+10.45.02+AM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604402932712816674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjac2p7-M9g2effsZCRTYX1BG6JkoL9_JyPbr9q5zuic8Pun0jHp13ZimbeeZd3CJrnIXuFAzXDqZw5L1sQvlELY9liu61S0lDgqANa2uv32xmeX4FlIaAfNmg6R8yjExGIKZh4UHj7KgJc/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-08+at+10.45.02+AM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 292px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIWTIeUMP-0dJZ8oLcyeoyWtxTr8nbWss3Jhywjk1v6nfS5ItnJY14sC2SvwNYpeQ_IXH6xqsd66EGyo6DCuw3y1NKmNe6R-NjsGCqEWbRZ9HpZ07ZtkDHPWmPXj3ACCcSZMc7E6PmEZt/s1600/it+get+better3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604399974641266738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIWTIeUMP-0dJZ8oLcyeoyWtxTr8nbWss3Jhywjk1v6nfS5ItnJY14sC2SvwNYpeQ_IXH6xqsd66EGyo6DCuw3y1NKmNe6R-NjsGCqEWbRZ9HpZ07ZtkDHPWmPXj3ACCcSZMc7E6PmEZt/s400/it+get+better3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 143px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbNdyywsnTdftvlVOhpjfeDzBr9hzvlsVVqV_aSuQPpPRxHCa28pEzXDcz0cAHFdZrxil11XZZFZldq4bi_pqvTcyaTYLGpfifLzH-gZCJ8znFPPjO_TYxhNmM2kAd0IMxG3z3hR6dg2S/s1600/it+gets+better4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604401344360677458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbNdyywsnTdftvlVOhpjfeDzBr9hzvlsVVqV_aSuQPpPRxHCa28pEzXDcz0cAHFdZrxil11XZZFZldq4bi_pqvTcyaTYLGpfifLzH-gZCJ8znFPPjO_TYxhNmM2kAd0IMxG3z3hR6dg2S/s400/it+gets+better4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 142px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDP6llfNSms9DROqBuqlaOCuYFYNg_xwZl3IgwKzHFrxzBxRrQy-9OuLVppZbeB5ZBh6Y4qk1OrwjTksYoHlwVnrQH45pRJyEJqQSMqor_EXj3fjQYQ03iS0uBxwj9XQB9UT6Fi2t50gU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-08+at+10.38.13+AM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604401239501963122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDP6llfNSms9DROqBuqlaOCuYFYNg_xwZl3IgwKzHFrxzBxRrQy-9OuLVppZbeB5ZBh6Y4qk1OrwjTksYoHlwVnrQH45pRJyEJqQSMqor_EXj3fjQYQ03iS0uBxwj9XQB9UT6Fi2t50gU/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-08+at+10.38.13+AM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 280px;" /></a><br /><br />According to the NY Times, The Google ad campaign, called “the Web is what you make of it,” is the biggest offline campaign ever for Google, which has typically shied away from advertising. It declined to disclose its spending plan.<br /><br />The ads zero in on the computer screen, showing what people are typing, uploading and sharing, similar to the <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/02/superbowls-best-spot-no-actors-no.html">“Parisian Love”</a> ad that aired during the Super Bowl in 2010, which told the story of an American exchange student who falls in love with a woman in Paris.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kQVCdz8z9y1Np30oTfOtsqweaxyzdKcgBrecxCru16QG-IMKNqJRoCczuec3UGcK8oFDTU9_FlSSYKBIQiwVp1DZS4bc2oZw_QZyhxo9-PqbnMnkM_oJ73BRfatvH9ReEu50gnMMEssP/s1600/it+gets+better1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604400265050291426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kQVCdz8z9y1Np30oTfOtsqweaxyzdKcgBrecxCru16QG-IMKNqJRoCczuec3UGcK8oFDTU9_FlSSYKBIQiwVp1DZS4bc2oZw_QZyhxo9-PqbnMnkM_oJ73BRfatvH9ReEu50gnMMEssP/s400/it+gets+better1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 143px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-d_x9cYCkJGIJlVcz8CJfjUXnbYBfFHm_bHjNBWicHDAkNaDgjQ7narATGBUR_Zlcs-VArNYtI_bJpXEWAuvkgZamVCZ61LB7HmbJ73FwqM-JRWDfSg-xf7Gm-1IGFXSgVK1zQtNXoYe8/s1600/it+gets+better2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604400202335113842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-d_x9cYCkJGIJlVcz8CJfjUXnbYBfFHm_bHjNBWicHDAkNaDgjQ7narATGBUR_Zlcs-VArNYtI_bJpXEWAuvkgZamVCZ61LB7HmbJ73FwqM-JRWDfSg-xf7Gm-1IGFXSgVK1zQtNXoYe8/s400/it+gets+better2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 144px;" /></a><br /><br />“We try to get rid of everything but the user and the tools and let you feel what is happening there, without a lot of commentary from Google itself,” said Andy Berndt, vice president of the Google Creative Lab, which created the campaign with the ad agency <a href="http://www.bartleboglehegarty.com/">Bartle Bogle Hegarty</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Full Credits</span><br />Agency: Google Creative Lab<br />Client: Google<br />Executive Creative Director: Calle Sjoenell<br />Agency: BBH New York<br />Executive Creative Director: Pelle Sjoenell<br />Executive Creative Director: Robert Wong<br />Associate Creative Director: Jesse Juriga<br />Art Director: Steve Pack<br />Art Director: Caprice Yu<br />Copywriter: Jeff Johnson<br />Head of Broadcast: Lisa Setten<br />Project Manager: Jessica Beavers<br />Web Content Research: Nickerson Research<br />End Tag Graphic: Buck<br />Music Supervisor: Search Party Music<br />Executive Producer: Stephanie Diaz-Matos<br /><br /><a href="http://www.itgetsbetter.org/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604397850434101346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAhB9cmi9DFYG15r-99pWKE7UWCpgRrtBscvBCTBplETjnLL4s5QGU99toaTyQzddyNkUnwCkagBPF70RDgU2tA7McVIf_1T4UPY1wc-UF0Y5A31Xz4dmKlhoQDo1fCJM6sARCkw5sh8g/s400/Screen+shot+2011-05-08+at+10.16.42+AM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 81px;" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.itgetsbetter.org/">"It Gets Better" campaign,</a> started in 2010 by Dan Savage, now boasts contributions from a number of high-profile names, including President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and, as seen in this video, Woody from Toy Story." (The Advocate, 5.03.11)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/chrome">You can download Google Chrome here</a>

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Capturing Toy Soldiers With Mini Blue Helmets All Over The World.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWhutkxEjN1QsVyjhb3QQWmKIt0FrzGd534rKLL45_oTIGvHAcBSIY5u0byR9Civ4ghFJ-9Cb9CG5k5ZBydEF4RmnswQ3ICByVId-A2O5F4KSvaO5WYf1xjta93BR3c_q-dba3ioMifA/s1600/mini+blue+hero.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575984499180920706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWhutkxEjN1QsVyjhb3QQWmKIt0FrzGd534rKLL45_oTIGvHAcBSIY5u0byR9Civ4ghFJ-9Cb9CG5k5ZBydEF4RmnswQ3ICByVId-A2O5F4KSvaO5WYf1xjta93BR3c_q-dba3ioMifA/s400/mini+blue+hero.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 516px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiTESvHPxcP0jtloLzhvKyIIruP3vb3y8pfd8Bc_AzhLVSrediS2HjnaEJ3eErsqnHDiOYfgMRMwDK7q1SEAbIgLi9CmmvPACdaAVoYk78Snio9YbHSPOMaA4kfQd9vHHprJ6sWxkfVw/s1600/5364253247_013be6d2b6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575168658351780450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiTESvHPxcP0jtloLzhvKyIIruP3vb3y8pfd8Bc_AzhLVSrediS2HjnaEJ3eErsqnHDiOYfgMRMwDK7q1SEAbIgLi9CmmvPACdaAVoYk78Snio9YbHSPOMaA4kfQd9vHHprJ6sWxkfVw/s400/5364253247_013be6d2b6.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 293px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWc8x8jW1Cz6bw1jF-0j8KzVp3Q8JrUaMj72Pj3gevTpMiTsTUMCFpGdfEdFd4EK54Wvz1VjS8PejtbrNyYo1eeasUQQ1lESbIIDXUHOnCk5NULiQ55aSzEO-Gd-pTgLNpYL8QV6MNpQ/s1600/unbluehelmet.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575179649516019410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWc8x8jW1Cz6bw1jF-0j8KzVp3Q8JrUaMj72Pj3gevTpMiTsTUMCFpGdfEdFd4EK54Wvz1VjS8PejtbrNyYo1eeasUQQ1lESbIIDXUHOnCk5NULiQ55aSzEO-Gd-pTgLNpYL8QV6MNpQ/s400/unbluehelmet.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 291px;" /></a><br /><br />The engaging interactive <span style="font-weight: bold;">Miniscule Blue Helmets on a Massive Quest</span> was spearheaded by designer <a href="http://www.pierrederks.nl/">Pierre Derks</a>, a project which has also spawned a new book.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4p-rgSgtHQmZ3kAFI6KqrMzs_qcRv7URLu98zvuF9P7iYDmxnL4rm2TqMVzL5YCgMGIY2BmFOea71NqC5aflx_y1bPsuNOn306BUpHglaA-haugqVCGXxHRTThpWuYe_lLozi1zYfWcc/s1600/bluehelmets.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575177279448038882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4p-rgSgtHQmZ3kAFI6KqrMzs_qcRv7URLu98zvuF9P7iYDmxnL4rm2TqMVzL5YCgMGIY2BmFOea71NqC5aflx_y1bPsuNOn306BUpHglaA-haugqVCGXxHRTThpWuYe_lLozi1zYfWcc/s400/bluehelmets.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 517px; height: 370px;" /></a><br /><br />Starting in the Hague in Holland, the task engaged people all over the world to shoot photos of 50,000 little plastic toy soldiers wearing hand-painted blue helmets, hats or berets from over 60 global locations. The blue helmets and berets are a nod to the colored helmets worn by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacekeeping">UN Peacekeepers.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_v01tJ4PxNqcESHld0Gfr1xzWOW8QkZzvGhdbW81socoU5_8mB5eyruPkPMBiLy9wCavxzGJOgBIiPJvtA64gTopU561WUFQD_Q_aF-ckBS_L10TDxua9GSNnjWnPAik4RzRAiM7mhw/s1600/4207633851_89f83800a1_o.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575196629961954242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_v01tJ4PxNqcESHld0Gfr1xzWOW8QkZzvGhdbW81socoU5_8mB5eyruPkPMBiLy9wCavxzGJOgBIiPJvtA64gTopU561WUFQD_Q_aF-ckBS_L10TDxua9GSNnjWnPAik4RzRAiM7mhw/s400/4207633851_89f83800a1_o.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 345px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5z_YRWpkbTTURHg_NPlrDGIKPPokj5fDOOvk6G8XieGgWU071RaZ2_CSATVW8ukKHuqplfTGkildp9fS2QwilBi9NGgAx9opxccnAKA-FfouZtK9YuwOj02EfcqpKgiejHOON2Obe6Es/s1600/5178106848_6c0d5ccab2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575172290491071186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5z_YRWpkbTTURHg_NPlrDGIKPPokj5fDOOvk6G8XieGgWU071RaZ2_CSATVW8ukKHuqplfTGkildp9fS2QwilBi9NGgAx9opxccnAKA-FfouZtK9YuwOj02EfcqpKgiejHOON2Obe6Es/s400/5178106848_6c0d5ccab2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 393px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLS8SONK2CFd2KCB8yDEJcabAEMAI3tF5ipcI1XU9KD8vi8EaBnBFozR0thzHEWIgKnUqORaPk3_Mhkl_s-morLVuWlmMtMazyzX8O1Ppi5-O8963VVK00dPwEczuGZDuv360MV3Rul0/s1600/eiffel+tower.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575197487872969298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLS8SONK2CFd2KCB8yDEJcabAEMAI3tF5ipcI1XU9KD8vi8EaBnBFozR0thzHEWIgKnUqORaPk3_Mhkl_s-morLVuWlmMtMazyzX8O1Ppi5-O8963VVK00dPwEczuGZDuv360MV3Rul0/s400/eiffel+tower.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 397px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZlxXqqm_Mbb-GesJKgW3C0qYdYCsddUmc3g9q5KSuRD8s3rvvBLOBsJEyhOQ8tndDqsUeHD-ixuacpx9z6qVOwnPtcfy8egOzf1W4oseCOVAUtyzn4qFUGh8z5Wk34W3t9qlxeRgt80/s1600/3830272232_0fbd7cb2ca_o.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575196421064595314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZlxXqqm_Mbb-GesJKgW3C0qYdYCsddUmc3g9q5KSuRD8s3rvvBLOBsJEyhOQ8tndDqsUeHD-ixuacpx9z6qVOwnPtcfy8egOzf1W4oseCOVAUtyzn4qFUGh8z5Wk34W3t9qlxeRgt80/s400/3830272232_0fbd7cb2ca_o.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 518px; height: 244px;" /></a><br /><br />The mass manifestation of the Miniscule Blue Helmets in public space implies that the potential of getting confronted with a heavily armed blue helmeted soldier is within reach of a global audience. Although it is obvious that the encounter is rather different from running into a real-life UN Blue Helmet [shown below], it might just trigger the same questions and feelings about their presence and deployment.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fS00EdO3x2NvRoNUsw9qL3ZE1PevG_s4NhRhGVd8NGTPPFLXwwl1Oy5OKtDFWRdoQ35-baOfcl61f70-BDhKkx_ZSZV1Bk4S0WujiniNrRs9oDARJUkVAbPWdlKRx_6MNFG5f23Mojo/s1600/UN+golden_horde.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575170724507782402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fS00EdO3x2NvRoNUsw9qL3ZE1PevG_s4NhRhGVd8NGTPPFLXwwl1Oy5OKtDFWRdoQ35-baOfcl61f70-BDhKkx_ZSZV1Bk4S0WujiniNrRs9oDARJUkVAbPWdlKRx_6MNFG5f23Mojo/s400/UN+golden_horde.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 351px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HbH6lPnbbjuBizlXW-3TCCY7By8_unRx8hYx8wOlzPeWImo0J2LRxLenOMayWUKbd76EvRzbgXjZXz8B7zA2Mhy9RXI7_3RWsupMO7PK4CpF6qBljABChWJajuyfs2WCnshwRcvJa50/s1600/UN+blue+helmets.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575170395005102306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HbH6lPnbbjuBizlXW-3TCCY7By8_unRx8hYx8wOlzPeWImo0J2LRxLenOMayWUKbd76EvRzbgXjZXz8B7zA2Mhy9RXI7_3RWsupMO7PK4CpF6qBljABChWJajuyfs2WCnshwRcvJa50/s400/UN+blue+helmets.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 356px;" /></a><br /><br />The photos, shot by varying individuals, are then uploaded to a global Google map with a geo tag so you can access where the image was shot and by whom.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2wLXc6pLAi61IKEXJBLDBj2J1GgJPfIoAtYnkyqsNe5k-1-E1IxNNI2ctR2iMZxLO-wsjcohy3zgA8lk_ulj4KQv9Ljnk5lR66fGmptWZ7CB2OzNh2Ap8Kz7BIQ-Gt2K1SHuiOLKydU/s1600/website+grab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575152716358158354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2wLXc6pLAi61IKEXJBLDBj2J1GgJPfIoAtYnkyqsNe5k-1-E1IxNNI2ctR2iMZxLO-wsjcohy3zgA8lk_ulj4KQv9Ljnk5lR66fGmptWZ7CB2OzNh2Ap8Kz7BIQ-Gt2K1SHuiOLKydU/s400/website+grab.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 341px;" /></a><br /><br />The Mini Blue Soldiers Google map can be viewed as either terrain or satellite:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKUQLygJ5f5Hq4fBER9JNZJsqrX-rnicUSIXB3Hgm8v5kQ0F3TaZQhE_H9XfDMj_xDQ9DDPSvM8YZXpwD7at2w9eNHO58ielVj9ZWTJ_6ekHa6NEKOqgSZF3OT0a3pKOAZ0kQ_LXsYc0/s1600/Picture-24.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575151972137677906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKUQLygJ5f5Hq4fBER9JNZJsqrX-rnicUSIXB3Hgm8v5kQ0F3TaZQhE_H9XfDMj_xDQ9DDPSvM8YZXpwD7at2w9eNHO58ielVj9ZWTJ_6ekHa6NEKOqgSZF3OT0a3pKOAZ0kQ_LXsYc0/s400/Picture-24.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 178px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ypTs7I-IbkJR-5h1kuXcVJFBJekdbtG43q3X9S21EiUV9T4Ved5pbf8bkrP-rg5qWvWZAtktIRESCv2Qc8xNpDjPn2FLkPOyA4Kfdn0ouVsS1JigL_U5qKVrj25yCrDYbC1MgV1udtY/s1600/Picture+23.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575152062776935170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ypTs7I-IbkJR-5h1kuXcVJFBJekdbtG43q3X9S21EiUV9T4Ved5pbf8bkrP-rg5qWvWZAtktIRESCv2Qc8xNpDjPn2FLkPOyA4Kfdn0ouVsS1JigL_U5qKVrj25yCrDYbC1MgV1udtY/s400/Picture+23.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 180px;" /></a><br />Click upon the icon of the little blue helmets on the google map and you'll get the location, the name of the photographer and the opportunity to view the photograph.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2dPOXC1cY6g0cZLhfMS6BGkPn7plg32GRz56pKyGiUyMBvpTO2JfH07IoeXpDvB5-e_BAc0R6PoDDXYLPcJCrfI0BstHl2gvVyfMofCQOLz-OrZhbdGiv9UkmZeqHvIib8q8S_g3jpw/s1600/Picture-17.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575151084264840018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2dPOXC1cY6g0cZLhfMS6BGkPn7plg32GRz56pKyGiUyMBvpTO2JfH07IoeXpDvB5-e_BAc0R6PoDDXYLPcJCrfI0BstHl2gvVyfMofCQOLz-OrZhbdGiv9UkmZeqHvIib8q8S_g3jpw/s400/Picture-17.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 378px;" /></a><br /><br />There's no end to the places these little soldiers have been captured. From inside a little apartment in Amsterdam:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs571ZgaQa_uUfg8-iAYHWs9YgPT9b-oaaIKkwBB4uX7zOYk__M_8bjnb8VqpR3m6EX6aUfFxNLjyGWVKpveHAi6vyDsfG9PeKarn4to4-HHyDt-ngWnmZB5iYXu7YxWNYW9nGKeIfqcs/s1600/5213930084_2a9e74efaa.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575148925677643234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs571ZgaQa_uUfg8-iAYHWs9YgPT9b-oaaIKkwBB4uX7zOYk__M_8bjnb8VqpR3m6EX6aUfFxNLjyGWVKpveHAi6vyDsfG9PeKarn4to4-HHyDt-ngWnmZB5iYXu7YxWNYW9nGKeIfqcs/s400/5213930084_2a9e74efaa.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 389px;" /></a><br />to on the ledge of the Grand Canyon:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHBpWx8eI9-5FjRhX4hLdhkw-HObLCYrOsA0R2klpoI-jH2PKWb76QRW3fPrfmWZrBR7qJ-BuNdeNPqDpe0F1Szrqy6RbZ81ymLECAcfjVpXpnXHnOZxI2hpJFRExLIiw3m8bK8SJm7A/s1600/5206516126_f0b064836f.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575172692807213666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHBpWx8eI9-5FjRhX4hLdhkw-HObLCYrOsA0R2klpoI-jH2PKWb76QRW3fPrfmWZrBR7qJ-BuNdeNPqDpe0F1Szrqy6RbZ81ymLECAcfjVpXpnXHnOZxI2hpJFRExLIiw3m8bK8SJm7A/s400/5206516126_f0b064836f.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 391px;" /></a><br /><br />Eyewitnesses of the quest have submitted hundreds of photos like the ones shown below:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFwjMU1LjKtDJ92zoSp7iDK_QHzXJnzbBjt9rw3D6BNxC1t5e-bnYw5UVSwPprBEdNisRl_zT9_c_tdqhNTjFdOeSI7lqbYSZZln4i33o2zv7_vpscJqVIrhkKP8l7PfYM2YyR_kpqV0/s1600/3772142843_f8a1ce4b10.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575162071316271698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFwjMU1LjKtDJ92zoSp7iDK_QHzXJnzbBjt9rw3D6BNxC1t5e-bnYw5UVSwPprBEdNisRl_zT9_c_tdqhNTjFdOeSI7lqbYSZZln4i33o2zv7_vpscJqVIrhkKP8l7PfYM2YyR_kpqV0/s400/3772142843_f8a1ce4b10.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 389px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6CKG6LMvUVBPm1v0hoXhXECx9MMMa8dY522RwsFpZZcyPIbdaqZJp8dtAKFs2T5aDppAYwXgCh0hEurXJ_wFJs-_KD3Qape4BzBs46VlurIE4ctdKP5BBkVJQNdBZsut7ChuIcHxtjE/s1600/3768550974_4fb3bcffbd.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575161913027640914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6CKG6LMvUVBPm1v0hoXhXECx9MMMa8dY522RwsFpZZcyPIbdaqZJp8dtAKFs2T5aDppAYwXgCh0hEurXJ_wFJs-_KD3Qape4BzBs46VlurIE4ctdKP5BBkVJQNdBZsut7ChuIcHxtjE/s400/3768550974_4fb3bcffbd.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 522px; height: 391px;" /></a><br /><br />The Book:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjximqRq6pQAJ_ia5sN-LfXECQ6CuJMJSlAexLCFZcZj63HPXlGjiniFhFp3UsjV23fNzVdwv-uP7jJN0Wx3mv_hBcX83x8wxZ3xnlkrtqHMKOzgX9Kzw7ijOLDpoWVfgloUb0PAiDiF1g/s1600/logoblok.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575149188689510386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjximqRq6pQAJ_ia5sN-LfXECQ6CuJMJSlAexLCFZcZj63HPXlGjiniFhFp3UsjV23fNzVdwv-uP7jJN0Wx3mv_hBcX83x8wxZ3xnlkrtqHMKOzgX9Kzw7ijOLDpoWVfgloUb0PAiDiF1g/s400/logoblok.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 92px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZHFcYUuua0DoMXEiE9N7dXn0lEQRJClXKYVUcMrREyarcY1SZd8nYAw0aTjc9S0btBiixWnje-2PPEmHjqkS9XKnFNWunfS-BeFVKCKodrVkpf8X6HPt_3ih0CfggEbj0-PbkOQC5DE/s1600/tumblr_lgs5fbwS3A1qzggwso1_500.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575149265675085666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZHFcYUuua0DoMXEiE9N7dXn0lEQRJClXKYVUcMrREyarcY1SZd8nYAw0aTjc9S0btBiixWnje-2PPEmHjqkS9XKnFNWunfS-BeFVKCKodrVkpf8X6HPt_3ih0CfggEbj0-PbkOQC5DE/s400/tumblr_lgs5fbwS3A1qzggwso1_500.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 373px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Miniscule Blue Helmets on a Massive Quest, the Book </span>by Pierre Derks<br /><br />“Tiny in size, huge in scope”<br /><br />The book ‘Miniscule Blue Helmets on a Massive Quest’ by Pierre Derks shows the worldwide intervention of 50,000 plastic toy soldiers with blue hand-painted helmet, beret or hat by means of 500 selected photo's of the mini Blue Helmets on locations in more than 60 countries. An international spectrum of specialists shares in the book their reflections on the project and their expertise on topics that are related.<br /><br />The book contains text contributions (written in English) by: Susan Manuel, Roger Stahl, Jonathan Vickery, Patrick M. Regan, Jos Morren, Linda Polman, Matt Groff, Christ Klep en Damon Stanek.<br /><br />The open nature of the project has led to a fascinating variety of outcomes that contributed to the layered meaning. An example is the adoption of the project by Dutch Blue Helmet veterans who took part in the UN mission in Lebanon (70's / 80's). Jos Morren (Association of dutch military war and service victims): “Frank bought 2,000 of those little green men and painted the helmets blue himself, constantly carrying them with him and leaving them in tactical spots. (...) Eric took it more slow, but became inseparable from his one Miniscule Blue Helmet. Very handy, because if you lose touch with the world because of a psychological blockade, you just put your little buddy on the table. Very effective in such a situation. Out of the blue, those boys were suddenly given a healthy, creative form of self medication, through the art of Derks.”<br /><a href="http://www.pierrestore.com/?menu=shoppinglist&categoryID=998582"><br />Order the book here</a><br /><br />The publication is made possible with the support of Fonds BKVB (The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture). The project expanded in collaboration with <a href="http://www.grotewittereus.nl/">LhGWR </a>and the TodaysArt Festival.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.minibluehelmets.com/#"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575169528717957362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjia7cJVrQgpKVK8xphRd20CfFw254fCaUA0Fu4dutikN5U-wF9pwZ0K6SGKfi630XyaZy5PtMmxhvoPvrRdxEPmhhGpSQtIVL2PHDb6MmVIak9AbImZP0k4xsXFtgNwbYNoYnCSJyIp6o/s400/Picture+14.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 68px;" /></a>

Capturing Toy Soldiers With Mini Blue Helmets All Over The World.

The engaging interactive Miniscule Blue Helmets on a Massive Quest was spearheaded by designer Pierre Derks , a project which has also spaw...

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