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Google's Art and Design department has only one employee. He is 23-year-old Korean immigrant Denise Huang. The web programmer who likes to graffiti in his spare time is Google's logo designer. Dennis's design is simple and elegant, just as natural as Google's style. In front of these agile logos, thousands of Google users seem to face not a soulless computer, but a unique landscape.

Dennis always cleverly demonstrated amazing ideas on the letters that made up Google, especially on the two letter O. In his pen, they used to be pumpkins, earth, Nobel medals, and stopwatches. On the 2002 New Year's logo, he asked a rabbit and a bird to hold a number 2, and the word 2002 appeared on the logo.

L in Google is often designed as a flagpole. For example, on the National Day of France, the French flag was raised on the flagpole.

Sometimes Dennis doesn't just make a fuss about letters. On the birthday of Claude Monet, he designed the logo as an illusion of watercolor, with a background of lilies. This logo is his favorite one, partly because he conceived and designed this logo in only 30 minutes, and at the time he also had a fever.

Dennis studied computer science while studying art at Stanford University in the United States. However, he has always stressed that many of the inspirations he used for the Google logo graffiti stem from a Korean life. At that time, he often couldn't resist painting in his notebook and forgetting to attend class.

"I just only like to review childhood hobbies," he said.

Dennis became Google's "chief designer" exclusively.

Google's founders Brin and Page like to make the logo change. On the day of Burning Man in 1998, Brin and Page added a simple figure painting behind Google’s second O, suggesting that they will temporarily leave Google and go to the desert of Nevada to participate in this year’s anti-traditional A cultural event.

Thanks to powerful search capabilities, Google’s popularity has become more and more prosperous. Brin and Page fired the original outside designer who would just mess up with the logo.

Dennis Huang joined Google in 2002. Soon, he became famous on Google's team. People know that he is a skilled and creative web designer, and he is a famous college student in the art department.

One day, someone proposed to have him modify the logo of the Independence Day designed by an external designer. Dennis added some cartoon characters around the logo to the three American pioneers. The logo immediately became lively and fun.

Brin and Page impressed on this design, so Dennis was given an extra position.

Dennis’ official position is now the administrator of Google’s website. At the same time, most logos are designed by him independently. The task was assigned by his supervisor, Karen White, but the final design was Brin. He looks at the new works, rubbing his chin from time to time, and then or say OK! Or just send Dennis Huang directly to the painting stage.

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Reporter: How many years did you live in Korea when you were a child? Now think back to what special feelings in that period of life?

Dennis Huang: I was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He returned to South Korea at the age of 5 and lives in Gwacheon. Looking back now, my childhood was very normal. He studied in a public school like most children, and after 6 years in a primary school in Gwacheon, he went to a secondary school for 2 years. However, many of my inspirations for designing logos now stem from childhood. At the time, the "works" that messed up in the classroom often gave me key inspiration in key design.

Reporter: When will you return to the United States?

Dennis Huang: He returned with his father in 1992. At the time, my father received the Fulbright Fund Fellowship to study in the United States.

Reporter: Did you suddenly enter the American school to study?

Dennis Huang: I was sent to a public school without thinking. At the time, I couldn't speak English. In the first 6 months, I had no way to communicate with my teachers and classmates. Later, after the ELS training, my language skills gradually improved.

Reporter: What was the first logo you designed for Google?

Dennis Huang: At that time, Google was still designing logos for external designers. My debut was a "American Independence Day (July 4th)" logo that was modified for Google in 2003. At the time, Brin and Page hoped that the logo would look more fun, so that I made some changes to the original work. Subsequently, the "France National Day (July 14th)" logo is my first logo design.

Reporter: Which letter in Google is the most handy for you to handle?

Dennis Huang: Obviously, the letter "O" and the letter "L" are the easiest to deal with. "L" can be a Halloween pumpkin, a Tai Chi map on the South Korean flag, or something on Earth; "L" can be a flagpole or a ski pole. The first letter "G" handles the hardest. Because of the location, I don't think there is any article for the last letter "E".

Reporter: You are only 23 years old. What are your plans for the future?

Dennis Huang: I can't tell now. I feel that it is very desirable to be able to do a job that involves both technology and art. Google is such a workplace. It allows me to express myself in the language of art while doing technical work.

Reporter: Which of your favorite letters constitutes Google?

Dennis Huang: I stared at them every day. My love for them is very average.