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Sep 1 2015, Google New Logo and the History of Google Logo


Google gets a new logo.
New logo drops the serifs in biggest redesign in company history.
Google has changed a lot over the past 17 years — from the range of Google's products to the evolution of their look and feel. And today they’re changing things up once again i.e. Google New Logo.

Google Logo History:

1998

Larry Page and Sergey Brin use this logo for their Stanford University graduate project.

30 August 1998
The team heads to Burning Man and creates the first Doodle as an out of office message.


September 1998
Google moves to google.com and shares its beta release with the world.

May 1999
Still playful, the logo gets a more sophisticated look based on the Catull typeface.

May 2010
The logo brightens up and sports a reduced drop shadow.


September 2013
The logo goes flat with some typographical tweaks.


September 2015
The logo becomes part of a new family that includes the Google dots and 'G' icon.

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