This Doodle’s Key Themes
Twenty (ish 😉) years ago, two Stanford Ph.D. students launched a new search engine with a bold mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Though much has changed in the intervening years—including now offering Search in more than 150 languages and over 190 countries—Google is still dedicated to building products for everyone.
Today’s video Doodle takes a stroll down memory lane by exploring popular searches all over the world throughout the last two decades.
So whether you’ve searched for the status of your favorite object orbiting the sun, the latest on the world’s biggest events, or how to impress on the dance floor:
Explore 20 notable Doodles throughout Google history here!
#SearchIs20 Doodle Team
Directors: Matt Cruickshank, Sophie Diao
Story Lead: Nate Swinehart
Producer: Colin Duffy
Doodle Team Leads: Ryan Germick, Brian Kaas
Writer: Elena Skopetos
Sound Design: Nick Zammuto
Marketing: Julianne Niemaszyk, Perla Campos
Animation Production Partners: MediaMonks
Art & Animation Direction: Nico Piccirilli, Fran Marquez
Associate Creative Director: Vincent Vercoutre
Art Team: Nico Piccirilli, Fran Marquez, Sergio Filho, Yan Jamacaru, German Di Ciccio, Juan Behrens, Lorenzo Milito
2D Animation: Declan Byrne, Nico Piccirilli, Sergio Filho, Maxime Inden, Patrick Brem, Adriel Delgado, Tom Kamps, Floris van Raak, Michiel Schellekens, Oscar Sobrino
Stop Motion: Daniela Uribe (Blnd)
3D Animation: Oscar Sobrino, Martijn van den Broek, Adriel Delgado
Producers: Tara Conlin, Thymo van der Vlies
Global Head of Animation: Pierre Nelwan
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