Google Celebrates Saul Bass Birthday

Google Doodle Celebrates Saul Bass 93rd Birthday

Today’s Google Doodle pay homage to the designs and work of Saul Bass and provides him well deserved recondition for his work on the 93rd birthday of American graphic designerThe doodle appeared on the home page was an animated one which included beautiful colors and unsquare dance music of Dave Brubeck.

Who was Saul Bass?

Saul Bass was born in New York City, New York in the United States of America on May 8, 2013. He was an American Graphic Designer and Film Maker.He died in Los Angeles California in April 25, 1996 at the age of 75.

Why is Saul Bass honored by a Google Doodle?

He was a legendary Film Producer, Graphic Designer and Corporate Logo Designer responsible for some of the most well-known corporate logos in the world. Some of Saul Bass most well-known corporate logo designs include the Girl Scouts of the USA logo, the United Airlines Logo, the US Postage logo, the Minolta Logo, Continental Airlines, Frontier Airlines, General Foods, Geffen Records and the Dixie logos.

Saul Bass also designed the well-known logo for AT&T Corporation in 1969 and again the redesign in 1983.

Whats in Saul Bass Google Doodle?

By clicking on the Saul Bass Google Doodle a movie started playing showing some of the methods invented for film titles by Saul Bass. The Graphic styles in the doodle is very similar to his finest work which breathed fresh air into the usual boringness of film titles and introductions.

Satyajit Rays Birthday Google Honours Doodle

Google honoured legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray

The legendary filmmaker Satajit Ray honored by Google by presenting a black and white doodle on showing a scene from his iconic movie 'Pather Panchali'. The doodle showed a famous scene from the movie where Apu, the protagonist, runs along with his sister Durga across the Kash-reed fields to watch a train go by.

Who was Satyajit Ray ?

Satyajit Ray was born in Calcutta India (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992). He was an Indian filmmaker and regarded as one of the great auteurs of world cinema. He directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He authored several books including the famous Feluda series and Professor Sanku series. 

Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist 1948 film Bicycle Thieves during a visit to London. Satyajit Ray developed his own style of lyrical realism in this film.

Ray won the Oscar award in 1992 for his contribution to the world of filmmaking.

About Pather Panchali 

Pather Panchali is a  Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the Government of the Indian state of West Bengal. Film won eleven international prizes, including Best Human Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. Pather Panchali is today considered one of the greatest films ever made. With budget of 1,50,000/- Rs and amateur actors was made by an inexperienced crew, which was a critical and popular success.