The changing face of the Android logo

THE cute Android logo is based on drafts by Google engineer Dan Morril, which have very little resemblance to the design finally chosen.

Morril designed four colourful robots in 2007, he recounts, when Google first decided to launch its Smartphones.

The originals were called ‘Dandroids’ by the team and were used within the company until professional artist Irina Blok was called in and created the well-known green ‘bugdroid’ which is used today.