February 15, 2008 | Category: Logo Design News | Tags: Logo Design News

For many years, search engine giant Google has been altering its original logo design to fit according to different holidays and major historical events. Since 2000, all these so-called Google doodles are created by the company’s Webmaster Dennis Hwang.

Now, regular K-12 students from kindergarten to Grade 12 in the US will have the chance to contribute their creativity, play around with Google’s homepage logo, and more importantly win a scholarship grant worth $10,000 plus another $25,000 as technology grant for his or her school.

Named Doodle 4 Google, the designs students will create must answer the simple but intriguing question – What if…? Here are the design guidelines:

1. The doodle should be presented on a white, landscape sheet of 8.5 x 11 inch paper.
2. You can download the Google logo template from our Lesson Resources page.
3. The winning doodle will be displayed on our U.S. homepage, so the Google logo should be clearly visible and recognizable.
4. The doodle can be in pencil, crayons, felt tip or paint, or can be done using computer drawing or design software.
5. Unfortunately, we can’t accept entries which use additional materials to create 3D logo effects.
6. Please encourage your students to create original designs. Be inspired by Dennis, but don’t recreate his designs.

Undeniably, encouraging students to share their versions of Google doodles will flood the online giant with creativity and fresh perspectives.