The Inspiration Behind The Logo Design of Google Chrome

05 sep 2008

This may be just another coincidence but there are some elements that seem to be common between the logo designs of Google Chrome and that of ThinkFree. It’s not the official Thinkfree logo but is part of the installer that ships with the desktop version of Thinkfree Office 3. Philipp Lenssen and Flickr members have [...]

This may be just another coincidence but there are some elements that seem to be common between the logo designs of Google Chrome and that of ThinkFree.

It’s not the official Thinkfree logo but is part of the installer that ships with the desktop version of Thinkfree Office 3.

Philipp Lenssen and Flickr members have come up with these illustrations to hint that the inspiration for Google Chrome logo may have come from Simon and Pokemon.

Earlier, Harry McCracken wrote about some similarities he found between the logo design of Google Chrome and that of Windows Vista – "No, the Chrome and Windows Vista logos are not true twins, but they’re both round and shiny, with the same color scheme–red, green, yellow, and blue."

Am sure these all are mere coincidences but the Thinkfree designers probably aren’t too happy about this and have made a ‘parody’ video on how the Google Chrome logo was designed.

Also see: Add-on Connects Google Chrome & Firefox

http://www.thewwwblog.com/ Chetan

The most appropriate i had seen is the Firefox logo which was shown in a picture in flickr!
http://www.amitbhawani.com Amit Bhawani

wow that seems to be a excellent find with the most similar one being the thinkfree office3!
http://www.saintger.com Saint Germain

I like google chrome, its very fast, but i will keep my firefox !
http://www.testingcorner.net suresh

Your screen shots are simply awesome.
You are the true leader in this area perticularly.
http://www.johnraul.com John Raul Joven II

Hahaha, nice comparison. I particularly liked the idea that Google Chrome’s logo probably came from Pokemon’s Pokeball. lol
http://hem.com.np Hem

seems this blogger has lot of spare time.. i dont agree to any of the figures
http://gold-investment1.blogspot.com/ GOLD MINE

Good point, this is what I am looking for… Greate job.
Dima Sirotnikov

maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with this http://bp2.blogger.com/_1L3uY_QM8mI/RlCuZF_MMYI/AAAAAAAAAk4/cjvJQjws0JE/s400/HAL.jpg

but I’m probably seeing things
*hides*
http://random-thoughts-and-rambling.blogspot.com/ Kannan Ekanath

The logo is based from the original “chromium” (which was an open source browser project)
http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/getting-started
(They just google coloured it)

Am I wrong?
http://www.seoblogr.com SEO/SEM blog

Wow, so cool screenshots. So similar to ThinkFree Office. I didnt have an ida about that. Thanks for showing the photos.
http://techie-buzz.com Keith Dsouza

There is a definite similarity between the ThinkFree installer logo and Chrome logo, however the other illustrations in the post are pretty good too.
http://www.frankensugar.com faith

haha, the first thing i said when i saw the logo was “so it’s a simon themed pokeball?”
Caleb

you sir, have way too much time on your hands. Silly Illustrations.
http://javshak.blogspot.com javed

hi Amit, nice post and also your newly designed layout is cool. Chrome is a sign of things to come. It definitely will find its share of devotees especially the not-so-techie types but who recognize Google as a brand name. Being the Firefox user that I am, it would be interesting to know what the Mozilla guys have to say about the new kid on the block.
http://www.pliggs.com Geoserv

Very nice post and screenshots.

Good find Kannan.
http://www.gmail.com New Era

Full story of making Google Chrome Logo (exclusive)
==>http://blog.thinkfree.com
http://www.sigmainfotech.com.au/ Website Design

But there are lots of problem in it, it hangs during browsing many time, there is no option the check PR of website, it have fast browsing, but overall i will say that it is not perfect with SEO point of view.
http://www.vijayforvictory.com Vijay

Your images and imagination are brilliant.
http://devsfunda.wordpress.com Devsfunda

to me the icon looks like windows Media Encoder 9 Series icon . has anyone noticed that?
http://pcsoftwarez.blogspot.com Robin

Funny comparison..
http://www.prasannatech.net Prasanna S

What an intelligent explanation, very nice to hear that so much is behind logos as well.
Dale

@Dima Sirotnikov

Chromium is the project behind Google Chrome and has just been started, so Chromium stole Thinkfree’s logo as well…

Well, no one has ideas anymore…
http://jrpcrepair.com Joel

Interesting Amit but I don’t think Google switched the colors to create Chrome logo. For now the battle will continue until Google dominate the browser market like it did with their search engine.
http://awalinnabila.blogspot.com sopan

comparison with pokemon is awesome, really !
a true insight :)
Rakesh M. Nagpal

They could have tried having CHROME effect on the logo… it would have given a totally different look and feel altogether!
gisc

you should also look at this: http://mail.qq.com
http://www.zwtm.com/ suicidalsam

lol. that is a pretty good illustrations of how google chrome logo was designed. Google Chrome has copied most of the codes from firefox and added some new features to it. I for one don’t like google chrome. I don’t know, maybe because I am used to firefox and it extensions.
Luis

Mmmmh, I think you all must look at the “eyes” and the lenses of the spying device of the martians in the ancient @War of the Worlds@ movies. There you’ll find another fountain of ïnspiration” for several of these logos and items! lol L. :o)

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