Honinbo Shusakus 185th Birthday

Appeared On :	June 6, 2014
Location :	Austria, Bulgaria, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia (FYROM), Malaysia, Portugal, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Olympe de Gougess 266th Birthday

Appeared On :	May 7, 2014
Location :	France

Gerard Ourys 95th Birthday

Appeared On :	April 29, 2014
Location :	France

Gerard Ourys 95th Birthday

Appeared On :	April 29, 2014
Location :	France
If you're not a French film buff, it may look like we have some explaining to do... and you'd be right! While the uniforms seem to indicate these are members of a dark and sinister army, they are in fact the famous comedic duo, Louis de Funes and Bourvil, cast as ordinary Frenchmen disguised in German uniforms in Gerard Oury's best-known work, La Grande Vadrouille. For extra context, I recommend watching this four-minute trailer.  Before arriving at the final image, other options to celebrate Gerard Oury were explored, including a broader overview of his films: Our colleagues and Oury experts in the Google France office felt it was best to focus on the best known work in a way that could convey Oury's sense of humor through a single moment – so La Grande Vadrouille it was. In the chase scene below, the two main characters are trying to help downed English pilots escape arrest by the German army. They ride in a horse cart pulled by a nun, who seems unaffected by the gravity of the situation. It wasn't considered a very well-known moment from the film, however, and was scrapped in favor of the moment famously depicted on movie posters for the original release of the film. posted by Mike Dutton, Doodler

Gerard Ourys 95th Birthday born 1919

Appeared On :	April 29, 2014
Location :	France
If you're not a French film buff, it may look like we have some explaining to do... and you'd be right! While the uniforms seem to indicate these are members of a dark and sinister army, they are in fact the famous comedic duo, Louis de Funes and Bourvil, cast as ordinary Frenchmen disguised in German uniforms in Gerard Oury's best-known work, La Grande Vadrouille. For extra context, I recommend watching this four-minute trailer.  Before arriving at the final image, other options to celebrate Gerard Oury were explored, including a broader overview of his films: Our colleagues and Oury experts in the Google France office felt it was best to focus on the best known work in a way that could convey Oury's sense of humor through a single moment – so La Grande Vadrouille it was. In the chase scene below, the two main characters are trying to help downed English pilots escape arrest by the German army. They ride in a horse cart pulled by a nun, who seems unaffected by the gravity of the situation. It wasn't considered a very well-known moment from the film, however, and was scrapped in favor of the moment famously depicted on movie posters for the original release of the film. posted by Mike Dutton, Doodler

Election Day 2014 FR

Appeared On :	March 23, 2014
Location :	France

Maria Callas 90th Birthday

Appeared On :	Dec. 2, 2013
Location :	Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia [FYROM], Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Claude Lvi-Strausss 105th Birthday

Appeared On :	Nov. 28, 2013
Location :	Belgium, France

Albert Camuss 100th Birthday

Appeared On :	Nov. 7, 2013
Location :	France, Spain, Switzerland

Friedrich Nietzsches 169th Birthday

Appeared On :	Oct. 15, 2013
Location :	Austria, China, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Lithuania, Mexico, Romania, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom

100th anniversary of the first non-stop flight across the Mediterranean Sea

Appeared On :	Sept. 23, 2013
Location :	France

100th anniversary of the first non-stop flight across the Mediterranean Sea

Appeared On :	Sept. 23, 2013
Location :	France

Leonidas da Silvas 100th Birthday

Appeared On :	Sept. 6, 2013
Location :	Algeria, Bahrain, Brazil, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Leonidas da Silvas 100th Birthday

Appeared On :	Sept. 6, 2013
Location :	Brazil, Turkey, Qatar, Italy, Kuwait, France, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Denmark, Iraq, Hong Kong, Ukraine, Libya, Oman, Poland, Morocco, Sweden, Latvia, Croatia, Japan, Russia, Romania, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Tunisia, Greece, Hungary, Taiwan, Cyprus

Bastille Day

Appeared On :	July 14, 2013
Location :	France

Claude Bernards 200th Birthday

Appeared On :	July 12, 2013
Location :	France

Franz Kafkas 130th Birthday

Appeared On :	July 3, 2013
Location :	Canada, Turkey, Italy, Turkmenistan, Panama, Lithuania, Costa Rica, France, Slovakia, Ireland, Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Czech Republic, Israel, Australia, Cuba, El Salvador, Montenegro, Slovenia, Guatemala, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Belize, Spain, Ukraine, Denmark, Finland, Macedonia [FYROM], Trinidad and Tobago, Sweden, Latvia, Croatia, Japan, Switzerland, New Zealand, Russia, Brazil, Bulgaria, United States, Romania, Honduras, Portugal, Estonia, Mexico, Cyprus, Uruguay, Serbia, Peru, Uzbekistan, Austria, Colombia, Greece, Paraguay, Hungary, South Korea, Nicaragua

The 100th Tour de France

Appeared On :	June 29, 2013
Location :	Canada, Ireland, Panama, Costa Rica, France, Slovakia, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Norway, Ecuador, Czech Republic, Brunei, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Cuba, El Salvador, Venezuela, Montenegro, Guatemala, China, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Puerto Rico, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Belize, Hong Kong, Spain, Ukraine, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Israel, Trinidad and Tobago, Sweden, Latvia, Croatia, Japan, Switzerland, Uruguay, New Zealand, Russia, Romania, Greenland, Honduras, Portugal, Estonia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Singapore, Serbia, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Colombia, Greece, Paraguay, Hungary, Taiwan, Cyprus
The illustration for the 100th Tour De France seemed like a great opportunity to unify design, illustration and animation. From rough drawings to finished animation the choices boiled down to            combining 2 key views of a rider. At one point there was no bike at all! Concerning the event itself the illustration was a great opportunity to take the tour back in time to an era of moustaches and wheel tubing over shoulders! It's a moving graphic that points to the future yet recognises the nostalgia and heritage of early 20th century tour posters.  Posted by Matthew Cruickshank, Doodler

Mothers Day 2013 International

Appeared On :	May 26, 2013
Location :	Tunisia, Morocco, Poland, Algeria, France

Mothers Day 2013 International

Appeared On :	May 26, 2013
Location :	Tunisia, Morocco, Poland, Algeria, France