Friday, May 2, 2008

iGoogle Launch Takes over Meatpacking District.

Last night Google had a huge event in the Meatpacking District of New York. We were rolling out personalized themes for your iGoogle homepage. iGoogle is where you can take the Google.com homepage and personalize it with lots of tools, "gadgets" and themes. Learn how to set up your own iGoogle page here.

Over 70 world famous artists and innovators designed themes that you can select for your iGoogle homepage. The artists included: Michael Graves, Philippe Starke, Dolce & Gabbana, Lance Armstrong, Diane Von Furstenberg, Jeff Koons, and more. Check out the themes here.

At the event last night, Google took the artists' themes, animated them, and projected them onto all the buildings in the Meatpacking District for an interactive, open art show in the streets, complete with audio sounds. To see the amazing effect, watch the video at the end of this posting The show stopped traffic and people flooded out of hotels and restaurants to watch it. Take a minute and watch this video. VERY COOL!