It’s September, which means fall, which means the changing of the seasons, which means the changing of your wallpaper. Also, I’ve been designing type from 8am to 11pm every day this week, so my wordsmithing may leave something to be desired. Anyway, here’s a free wallpaper!

September 2012 Wallpaper

Click to download the free September 2012 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper in 2560X1600px, 1920X1200px, 1920X1080px, 1680X1050px, 1440X900px, 1280X800px, iPad and iPhone versions.

Found Friday Vol 95

August 24, 2012

We’re back! Found Friday (Vol 95) this week has some gems: awesome & free downloadable artwork for your office; the Heineken cube bottle design; a Reddit-style site for web tutorials and resources; the new Microsoft logo; and a site that interviews well-known designers and web nerds about what they use to get stuff done. Read on!

Vintage Camera Artwork & Download

These two prints are available for free as 300dpi downloads. Download, print locally, and mount. BAM! New artwork for your office!

Vintage Camera Art

The Heineken Cube

Imagine a bottle design that wastes no space in your fridge. If the amount of beer you have in your fridge is becoming an issue, a) invite me over, and b) check this out.

Heineken Cube Read the whole article >

Found Friday Vol 94

August 10, 2012

Welcome to our series where we highlight the best design-y finds of the week: Found Friday. This week we have: a great article on why never to use full black; a great collection of grungy retro video game iPhone wallpapers; how to create better widgets in WordPress; a super fun interactive site/time waster; and a full-on rebrand and redesign of Wikipedia. Read on!

Design Tip: Never Use Black

Do you use full on black in your designs? Stop it. Why? Read on and find out.

Never Use Black

Grungry Retro iPhone Wallpapers

…of the videogame variety. Ah, Battletoads. You were my insurmountable videogame mountain. These are pretty cool.

iPhone Wallpaper Read the whole article >

Found Friday Vol 93

August 3, 2012

Ahoy! It’s Found Friday vol 93, and this week we have: a neat, new little bookmarking/collection app; a look into the creation of the crazy London 2012 cauldron; the beautiful design of the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece collection; a new app that lets you drag & drop to sell, or peruse the marketplace for digital goods; and Adobe’s new open-source font family. Read on!

Kippt

Kippt is a handy tool to collect bookmarks and/or collaborate on bookmarks with others. Neat. (via swiss-miss)

Kippt

London 2012 Olympic Cauldron

The London 2012 Olympic Cauldron is pretty nuts. Here’s a look into the process of creating it.

Oly Cauldron Read the whole article >

It’s August! Get out from behind your monitor and enjoy the sun–once you’ve downloaded our new August 2012 desktop calendar wallpaper, that is!

August 2012 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper

Click to download the free August 2012 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper in 2560X1600px, 1920X1200px, 1920X1080px, 1680X1050px, 1440X900px, 1280X800px, iPad and iPhone versions.

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