Believe it or not, the first Doodle for Google started as a bit of a joke. Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were heading to Burning Man for a week in August 1998 and wanted their employees to know they’d be out of the office. Their way of reminding them was by replacing the second ‘O’ in Google’s homepage logo with a stick figure that represented the festival’s logo. Needless to say, the Google homepage artwork has evolved into something much more.
Since 2008, the tech giant has hosted its annual Doodle for Google contest to encourage students in grades K-12 to create a Google Doodle for a chance to win scholarships and, of course, have their artwork featured on Google.com.
The theme for the Doodle for Google 2022 competition was “I care for myself by…” Students delivered some beautiful doodle artwork that brought the theme to life, offering a bit of self-care inspiration to everyone after these past few years of isolation. Just see for yourself.