Pop Art goes the Google!
Today the search engine Giant Google went all Pop Art on us. They offered a series of skins for iGoogle, the customisable homepage that users can login to and add various RSS feeds and even access their email from.
The skins, which make the iGoogle homepage look like anything you want, were created for Google by the legendary Pop Artist Jeff Koons. Google commissioned Koons to create the artwork just for their iGoogle page.
Marissa Mayer, VP of search products and user experience for Google said:
Did you notice the chrome tulips on Google’s homepage today? They are part of a special Google doodle done by renowned artist Jeff Koons. And that isn’t the only art appearing anew on Google today. As part of our iGoogle Artists project, we have collaborated with almost 70 artists in 17 countries on 6 continents to create special iGoogle themes — works of art that appeal to all ages and interests.
One of the pieces of art from Jeff Koons featured a Pop Art work of Michael Jackson and his chimp Bubbles.
Koons is somewhat of a controversial figure in the Pop Art world, a 53 year old who married one of his models, a former porn star.
Koons was joined by many different artists who created work for Google to mark this day, and many of them weren’t even artists at all. Even the band Coldplay created a skin for iGoogle.

















