A CodePen by Marcello Africano. Google Minimal Redesign - A redesigned Google home page based off of the original.

index.html

<div class='menu'>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#">+You</a></li>
    <li><a href="#" class='active'>Search</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Maps</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Play</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Youtube</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">News</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Gmail</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Drive</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Calendar</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<img class='profile' src='http://en.gravatar.com/userimage/36246017/6992f359ba766881f03bdeafb204f94e.jpg?size=96'/>
<h1 class='logo'>Google</h1>
<div class='search'>
<input type="text" />
  <button><i class='icon-search'></i></button>
</div>

script.js

(function($){
	function injector(t, splitter, klass, after) {
		var a = t.text().split(splitter), inject = '';
		if (a.length) {
			$(a).each(function(i, item) {
				inject += '<span class="'+klass+(i+1)+'">'+item+'</span>'+after;
			});	
			t.empty().append(inject);
		}
	}
	
	var methods = {
		init : function() {

			return this.each(function() {
				injector($(this), '', 'char', '');
			});

		},

		words : function() {

			return this.each(function() {
				injector($(this), ' ', 'word', ' ');
			});

		},
		
		lines : function() {

			return this.each(function() {
				var r = "eefec303079ad17405c889e092e105b0";
     injector($(this).children("br").replaceWith(r).end(), r, 'line', '');
			});

		}
	};

	$.fn.lettering = function( method ) {
		if ( method && methods[method] ) {
			return methods[ method ].apply( this, [].slice.call( arguments, 1 ));
		} else if ( method === 'letters' || ! method ) {
			return methods.init.apply( this, [].slice.call( arguments, 0 ) );
		}
		$.error( 'Method ' +  method + ' does not exist on jQuery.lettering' );
		return this;
	};

})(jQuery);
$(document).ready(function() {
    $("h1.logo").lettering();
  });

style.css

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Poiret One';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: local('Poiret One'), local('PoiretOne-Regular'), url(http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/poiretone/v1/HrI4ZJpJ3Fh0wa5ofYMK8RsxEYwM7FgeyaSgU71cLG0.woff) format('woff');
}
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Open Sans Light';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 300;
  src: local('Open Sans Light'), local('OpenSans-Light'), url(http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/opensans/v6/DXI1ORHCpsQm3Vp6mXoaTXhCUOGz7vYGh680lGh-uXM.woff) format('woff');
}
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Open Sans';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: local('Open Sans'), local('OpenSans'), url(http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/opensans/v6/cJZKeOuBrn4kERxqtaUH3T8E0i7KZn-EPnyo3HZu7kw.woff) format('woff');
}

html{
  width:100%;
  height:100%;
}
body{
  font-family:'Open Sans', sans;
  background:#f1f1f1;
  background: -webkit-radial-gradient(center 0px, cover, white 0%,#ededed 100%);
  background: -moz-radial-gradient(center 0px, cover, white 0%,#ededed 100%);
  background: -o-radial-gradient(center 0px, cover, white 0%,#ededed 100%);
}

.menu{
  height:40px;
  border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;
}
.menu ul li{
  float:left;
  padding:15px 15px;
}
.menu ul li a{
  color:#afafaf;
  font-size:11px;
  text-decoration:none;
  border-bottom: 2px solid rgba(.;
  
  transition: color .3s ease;
}
.menu ul li a:hover{
  color:#222;
}
.menu ul li a.active{
  color: #777;
  font-weight:bold;
  cursor: default;
}
h1.logo{
  font-size:80px;
  font-family:'Poiret One',sans;
  text-align:center;
  margin-top:100px;
  color:#666;
  text-shadow:0px 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}
h1.logo span:nth-of-type(1){
  color:#0089ab;
}
h1.logo span:nth-of-type(2){
  color:#d91821;
}
h1.logo span:nth-of-type(3){
  color:#ffac05;
}
h1.logo span:nth-of-type(4){
  color:#0089ab;
}
h1.logo span:nth-of-type(5){
  color:#88c406;
}
h1.logo span:nth-of-type(6){
  color:#d91821;
}
img.profile{
position: absolute;
top: 20px;
right: 30px;
padding: 5px;
background: white;
box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 7px #F3F3F3;
border: 1px solid #CCC;
}
.search{
  width:400px;
  margin:0px auto;
  margin-top:40px;
}
.search input[type="text"]{
  border:1px solid #e5e5e5;
  font-size:20px;
  width:400px;
  display:block;
  padding:10px 5px;
  font-family: 'Open Sans Light', sans;
  color:#333;
  outline:0;
  box-shadow:0px 1px 0px #fff;
}
.search input[type="text"]:focus{
  border:1px solid #539fb5;
}

.search button{
  position: absolute;
margin-top: -49px;
font-size: 25px;
background: #fff;
border: none;
margin-left: 366px;
color: #CFCFCF;
height: 45px;
width: 45px;
cursor: pointer;
}

.search input[type="text"]:focus ~ button{
  color:#777;
}