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Balance, Design, Technology May 1, 2012

Free Wallpapers to Decorate Your Desktop

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Inspired (always) by the wit and the clean, graphic lines of the vintage Herman Miller ads featured in yesterday’s post from our sister blog Discover, we set out to find desktop wallpapers to that were created in the same spirit. Here are a few standouts.

This simple, straightforward design illustrating a quote by Charles Eames comes from the CAMP creative studio in southern California. Download it here.

The graphic design team from the watch company Fossil created this nod to vintage lettering in its series of free wallpapers on fossil.com. Download it here.

Three tones of grey make up this quiet wallpaper, aptly named “Space by NanĂ©.” Download it here.


Maraid Design’s cosmic wallpaper offering is from the vintage book “Odhams Encyclopaedia for Children.” Download it here.


This striking wallpaper celebrates Helvetica, the font chosen for the then-new Herman Miller logo in 1960 (the look lasted for almost 40 years). Download it here.


Don your desktop with bold lines and a small burst of personality courtesy of kikki.K, an Australian stationery store. Download it here.


How could we resist? With its declaration of love for mid-century modern design icons like the Nelson Marshmallow Sofa, the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, the Noguchi Table, and the Eames Molded Plastic Rocker, this wallpaper at Lush Pad admittedly wins our hearts. Download it here.

Want more desktop wallpaper ideas? Check out these other stories from Lifework:

1. Distraction-Free Desktop

2. New Desktop Wallpapers

3. Free Desktop Wallpapers

4. Pantone Desktop Wallpaper

Images: Linked to their sources

Comments (3)

These are absolutely wonderful. Thank for putting them all together in one spot. Also inspires me to go make my own.

Robert Scozzari
ArtsyDesigny

You’re so welcome, Robert! Thanks for stopping by — let us know if you end up making some of your own…

Thanks for linking to the Maraid space desktop. We hope to be making more soon.. perhaps on a theme of the sea!

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