Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008! Only For U ! FROM THE BEST DESIGNERS

Behind the Design: 5 Stories of Great Inspiration

October 1st, 2008 in Monday Inspiration | 24 Comments

We grow our creative talents through experience: whether it’s learning from a veteran designer about how things came to be or finding fresh delight in Smashing Magazine posts, no great artist exists without inspiration. Famously declared in reference to scientific progress: “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants”, said Isaac Newton.

Kim by yann.mip.

The same is true of aesthetic and philosophical flourishings. By better understanding where we’ve come from and cherishing the brilliant minds who have come before us, we have a greater understanding of creative possibilities. Here are some design tales that have made for a substantially richer, more beautiful world. All are worth knowing — and moving forth from.

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Simply Ornate: A Free WordPress Theme

October 1st, 2008 in Freebies | 37 Comments

We love our readers. We respect the hard work of designers and developers across the globe. And we do our best to make the web design community stronger and the Web a little bit prettier. Therefore we ask talented artists and creative professionals to showcase their skills and release something unique and beautiful as a gift to the community. And when designers agree, truly impressive works see the light of day.

Today we are glad to release Simply Ornate — a free professional Wordpress-theme created by Evan Eckard. This theme was designed with the main focus being on patterns and typography and comes in 5 flavours. It is designed especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.

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Showcase Of e-Commerce Fall Sales Designs

September 30th, 2008 in Design Showcase | 51 Comments

The Web is changing along with the weather outside the window, adopting bright autumn-inspired makeovers for seasonal fall sales and special offers. The autumn (or fall) season is primarily associated with harvest (most cultures celebrate one of various harvest festivals this season), bright, hot colors (ranging from yellow to red) reflecting autumn leaf colors, falling leaves, etc.

Gap Fall Design

Websites are adapting to these associations. Most e-commerce websites are running seasonal promotions stylized with distinctive fall designs. Most widely used colors are red and yellow. Most widely used decorative elements are yellow and red (falling) leaves.

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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: October 2008

September 29th, 2008 in Graphics | 133 Comments

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?

Smashing Wallpaper - October 2008

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:
o all images can be clicked and lead to the preview of the wallpaper;
o 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 October?
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