A Google doodle to mark the occasion
January 9, 2013
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the first underground journey taken between Paddington and Farringdon on the Metropolitan Railway.
The occasion has been marked by US Internet giant Google with a homepage doodle.
The concept of the doodle was born in 1998 when Google founders Larry and Sergey played with the logo to indicate their attendance at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. They placed a simple stick figure behind the 2nd “o” in the word, Google. the revised logo was intended as a comical message to Google users that the founders were “out of office.” Over time, the demand for doodles has increase, as to has their complexity.
Here’s a few of our favourites;
Thomas Edison
Les Paul
Jim Henson 
Richard Trevithick
What are your favourites?
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A modern approach to the nativity…revisited
December 19, 2012
Back in 2010 we shared this fantastic festive offering from Portuguese digital design outfit Excentric. It’s reassuring to see that even in the fickle world of technology and social media, the digital tools we were using are still relevant….
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