Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months. And to make them a little bit more distinctive from the usual crowd, we’ve decided to embed calendars for the upcoming month. So if you need to look up some date, isn’t it better to show off a nice wallpaper with a nice calendar instead of launching some default time application?
This post features 40 free desktop wallpapers, created by designers across the globe. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free.
Please notice:
- all images can be clicked and lead to the preview of the wallpaper;
- 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?
So what wallpapers have we received for July 2010?
SummerTime
“Summertime and the livin’ is easy…” Designed by Osiris Magro from Spain.
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In the Village
“Spending my day off in the village.” Designed by NataliyaCS from Russia.
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Summer Fields
Designed by Valentin Bozhilov from Bulgaria.
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Symbian World
“Scene from Symbian World.” Designed by Anna Alfut from UK.
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Photographydock
“This is a picture of a tourist doc on an island resort in the Republic Of Palau. For those of you who don’t know were Palau is its an island in the pacific close to the philippines. I shot this photograph with a Nikon D-70 using landscape on a bright afternoon. I did a channel swap and played with some of the settings to achieve the the colors that you see on the photo.” Designed by Raphael Rodriguez from Philippines.
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My Beach
“The weather in England is incredible this summer and I really wanted to give you all the sense of summer, sun and freedom! The beautiful model is Kitty Gallannaugh on Bournemouth beach - enjoy!” Designed by Olivia Bell from England, UK.
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Celebrating July 4th
“Inspiration for my desktop wallpaper is this month’s July 4th Independence Day. I added Typography text and textured background using american flag colors- red, white and blue.” Designed by Shruti Maidam from USA.
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Ribbons
“Just folding ribbons and watching their paths…” Designed by Thais Trizoli from Brazil.
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Summer Field
“I took this picture on a nice sunny day near the city of Slagelse, Denmark.” Designed by Roy M Francis from Denmark.
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Hire Me
Designed by Srdjan Knezevic-Logodonia from Serbia.
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Time for a Travel
Designed by Oxana Kostromina from Poland/Russia.
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Stream of Andersen
“Think of nothing, dear reader, but of the giant mill that unwinds the imagination and allows you to see the giant frog, the lily pods and the ugly duck that turned to a swan. Think of nothing but of that magical stream that once carried your childhood dreams-placid like the lullaby that escapes from a mother’s lips.” Designed by April Joy E. Jasmin from Philippines.
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Have Fun
“It’s summer, the world cup is at its hottest and wimbeldon couldn’t be better, I dont know about you guys but I’m having fun.” Designed by Ahmad Elabbar.
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Ducks Muffin Summer
“Inspired on a story of two people who met on-line. A duck and a muffin.” Designed by Irene from Spain.
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Fireworks so loud it hurts
“Outfit your desktop with a fun, retro nod to the birth of the United States!Outfit your desktop with a fun, retro nod to the birth of the United States!” Designed by fifty2forty8 studios from USA.
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July Sentense
“Just motivating sentence for July :)” Designed by Temeshi from Poland.
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Smashing Goal
““Smashing Goal”… Inspired by the world’s most exciting sport, Gooooooooooooooooooooal!” Designed by Natanael Fernández from Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana.
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Olymbrium July
“Inspired by the flowers you see in the month of July. But with a more mysterious tone.” Designed by Kali Wever from Holland.
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Shark
“July 2010 and its sharks ready for the feast!” Designed by Benoit Chartron from France.
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Shark 3D Version
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Kings New Clothes
“I’ve made the Illustration for “Kids Books Illustration” class in Bezalel Academy in Jeruslaem where I study at the moment.my friends loved it so I’ve decided to share it with the world, and I think that Smashing magazine’s monthly wallpaper calendar is the best way to do it!so I hope you enjoy it and have an amazing and funny summer! I’ve made the Illustration for “Kids Books Illustration” class in Bezalel Academy in Jeruslaem where I study at the moment.my friends loved it so I’ve decided to share it with the world, and I think that Smashing magazine’s monthly wallpaper calendar is the best way to do it!so I hope you enjoy it and have an amazing and funny summer!” Designed by Yuri Klebanov from Israel.
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Still Smashing
“Just a small tribute to you guys, keep smashing!” Designed by Michael Schmid from Germany.
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July Night
Designed by Andrei Verner from Russia.
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Golden Sands
Designed by Lachezar Lalev from Bulgaria.
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Fishy Business
Designed by Pietje Precies from The Netherlands.
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le Tour de France
Designed by Kristin Jackson from USA.
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Moving Iceberg
“maybe someday we will find an iceberg in the beach :D Stop Global Warming! before it’s too late..” Designed by M. Nur Lanta Adena from Indonesia.
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Beautiful in July
Designed by Adriana Gastaldi from Colombia.
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A Digital Sunset
“After a day full of work or play, sit back and enjoy a beautiful digital July sunset!” Designed by thunder::tech from USA.
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Back to School
“In India School Reopens in the Month of July, it is the month when new session begins and students go back to school, to learn and play. I designed this wallpaper to represent the month of july as School Opening month.” Designed by Neelam Asrani from India.
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Space
“This design is dedicated to NASA, NASA is the agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation’s civilian space program, aeronautics and aerospace research.” Designed by Vanshika Wadhwani from Bahrain.
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Splash!
“Photo courtesy of myself (Designhobo). A little bit of pool fun!” Designed by Designhobo (Bree) from USA.
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Summer at the Shore
“I designed this as an homage to the wonderful summers I spent in Manasquan, NJ when I was growing up.” Designed by Megan Handley from USA.
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Summer flowers
“Let life be beautiful like summer flowers” Designed by Clare Wu from China.
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Colours of July
“These are July’s colours! Green,Yellow,Blue and Red!” Designed by Erdem Topçu from Turkey.
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Some Old Stuff
“Recently I’ve had to pack some old stuff, and that brought me back old colors and technical styles…” Designed by Thais Trizoli from Brazil.
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Welcome Summer
“Transformed, resized and rotated. Shapes were made at Adobe Illustrator with a color Warm pallet in a clean and peacefull order.” Designed by José Pacheco from Portugal.
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Pine Tree
“This calendar features the famous Polish pine tree on the top of Mt Sokolica, Pieniny Mountains. I took this photo last summer in July and want to share it with you on my calendar. Have a nice July!” Designed by Daniel Moskal from Poland.
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Join in next month!
Please notice that we respect the ideas and motivation behind artists’ work which is why we’ve given artists full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience through their works. And this is also why the themes of the wallpapers weren’t anyhow influenced by us, but designed from scratch by the artists themselves.Thanks to all designers for participation. Join in next month!