Doug Bowman, of Stopdesign, has signed on with Google with the goal of improving and standardizing the user interface across the Google empire.

The cat’s out of the bag. I made the announcement here in New Zealand at Webstock, so I’ll confirm that, yes, the rumors are not just rumors. After a bit of negotiation and a lot of internal debate, I recently accepted an offer to join Google as Visual Design Lead, a position that did not previously exist there. I’m charged with helping the company establish a common visual language across all their collaborative and communication products. This includes products I’ve already had some hand in like Blogger and Calendar. But it will also include other highly used products like Gmail, Writely, Page Creator, and other projects in the pipeline.

Doug is the designer behind the designs of many popular web sites including Blogger, Wired News, Capgemini, and Adaptive Path.

It sounds like we can expect a face lift at Google in the not so distant future.

About Douglas Bowman

Going to Google