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January 31, 2019 — Why not start the new month off with a fresh wallpaper? Designed by artists and designers from across the globe, Cosima Mielke brings you the wallpapers in this collection are available with and without a calendar for February 2019. Please note that ll images can be clicked on and lead to the preview of the wallpaper, and you can feature your work in our magazine by taking part in our Desktop Wallpaper Calendar series. We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists to be featured on Smashing Magazine. Are you one of them? Read more…

November 30, 2018 — December is here, so why not spread some holiday love across your devices — we’ve got some truly eye-catching wallpapers to sweeten the last days of the year. Remember that all images can be clicked on and lead to the preview of the wallpaper, and you can feature your work in our magazine by taking part in our Desktop Wallpaper Calendar series. We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists to be featured on Smashing Magazine. Are you one of them? Read more…

October 31, 2018 — Give your desktop a makeover with this fresh batch of wallpapers. Today Cosima Mielke brings you wallpapers designed by the community for the community and available with and without a calendar for November 2018. The wallpapers all come in versions with and without a calendar for November 2018 and can be downloaded for free. As a little bonus goodie, we added a selection of favorites from past November editions to this post. Because, well, some things are too good to be forgotten somewhere down in the archives, right? Enjoy! Read more…

October 1, 2018 — The Framer team recently changed course with the announcement of a new prototyping tool, Framer X. Lachezar Petkov got to play with it during the beta phase, and in this article he adresses UI and UX designers who would like to learn more about Framer X’s prototyping abilities. Since it is a brand new product, you don’t need to be familiar with the older Framer application to read along. However, a little bit of familiarity with HTML, CSS, React, JavaScript and Node.js are beneficial. Read more…

July 31, 2018 — August is here, so why not celebrate with a fresh wallpaper? In this post, Cosima Mielke features desktop wallpapers designed by artists and designers from across the globe. We give all artists the full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience throughout their works. With and without a calendar for August 2018 and available for free download. All images can be clicked on and lead to the preview of the wallpaper. Read more…

July 11, 2018 — While this tutorial was kindly sponsored by Serif, the creator of Affinity, we’d like to point out that it is written by an independent design professional who personally enjoys using the software and shares her lessons learned. In this article, Isabel Aracama would like to walk you through just some of its very user-friendly main tools and features as an introduction to the software and to show you how we can create a nice flat vector illustration of a Volkswagen Beetle. Read more…

February 28, 2018 — For the March 2018 desktop wallpapers, we wanted to try something different. That’s why we started a little creativity challenge and asked the community to design wallpapers around the theme “Exploring New Worlds.” Today, Cosima Mielke is happy to present the result of this creative experiment, and the lucky winner, too, of course. Here are the results. Read more…

February 8, 2018 — Today Cosima Mielke wants to take you on a very personal trip to space. Buckle up as you’ll become the captain of the command center — and maybe you’ll even make the acquaintance of an actual alien, too. Imagination has got no limits, right? A free icon set with everything related to space: rockets, space shuttles, meteors, stars, and everything else you might come across on a space mission. You can download them for free in SVG, EPS, AI, and PNG formats. Read more…

February 6, 2018 — Nine years is a long time, and sometimes we all should break out of our comfort zones and try something new, right? Today, Cosima Mielke invites you to join our Creativity Challenge and win a smashing prize. All you need to do is design a wallpaper for March 2018 around the theme “Exploring New Worlds.” The deadline is Sunday, February 25th. Read more…

January 31, 2018 — As every month since more than nine years already, artists and designers from across the globe once again fired up their favorite illustration tools and got out their paint brushes and cameras to create charming desktop wallpapers that are sure to breathe some fresh life into your desktop. Today, Cosima Mielke brings you unique and inspiring desktop wallpapers that celebrate the month of love, Chinese New Year, and the small things that make us happy. Created by artists from across the globe and available with and without a calendar for February 2018. Read more…