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Start the Year with New Desktop Wallpaper

Amy Feezor — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 12:00:58 +0000

Fifty years ago, Alexander Girard, the head of Herman Miller’s Textile Division from 1952 to 1973, introduced this playful design and called it “January.” Girard’s distinctive combination of color, originality, and spirit came from his love of folk art, his world travels, and his delightfully curious personality.

Here’s hoping the optimism of Girard’s design inspires you in this new year. Click here to download one of six free desktop wallpapers featuring “January” for your computer, mobile, or tablet device.

Free Herman Miller Wallpaper Downloads

Amy Feezor — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:00:06 +0000

In celebration of the start of the 2012 NeoCon design exposition and conference, we’ve been taking a Community Pulse — a series of thought-provoking questions on work, life, and all the spaces in-between. (Have you participated yet? If not, start here.)

As our thank-you for taking part, we’re offering 11 free downloads for your desktop, iPhone, and iPad, all inspired by the different ways Herman Miller defines “community.” Explore several that shape our NeoCon 2012 experience by downloading your favorite wallpaper now.

Top Ten: Best of the Web This Week

Amy Feezor — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:17 +0000

Get a glimpse at this week’s must-read list — then enjoy your weekend.

1. This colorfully inspiring home in San Antonio. (Via The Wall Street Journal)

2. A hybrid office design by Edward Ogosta Architecture at designboom.

3. The look at home offices (many separate from the main house, as in the photo of the space above featuring our Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman) in the Los Angeles Times.

4. Liked this week’s look at desktop wallpapers? Then you’ll also want to check out the 20 calming options over at Apartment Therapy.

5. You’ll soon be able to listen to a playlist on this Big Jambox wireless speaker designed by Yves Béhar.

6. “How Do You Create A Culture Of Innovation?” at Co.Design.

7. Inspired by the NeuroStar sculpture by artist Cliff Garten in the Molecular Biotechnology Building at the University of Utah. (Via Contemporist)

8. We spy a few familiar names in “The 20 Most Iconic Modern American Homes” on Ecosalon.

9. Moved by the haunting photos of abandoned spaces in Detroit featured on Core77.

10. Did you contribute to the World’s Longest Invoice?

Photo: Nicolas O.S. Marques via Los Angeles Times

Free Wallpapers to Decorate Your Desktop

Amy Feezor — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:19:05 +0000

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 Nané.” 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

Pantone Desktop Wallpaper

Cerentha Harris — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:03:10 +0000

Pantone, the company that brought the Pantone Matching System to designers, has become something of a cultural icon, and they have released a series of wallpapers to match their Pantone Plus line. There are a total of 8 wallpapers over at Pantone’s site, though only six are actual swatches, ranging from the 2010 color of the year Turquoise to a series of bright hues perfect for summer. Grab them for iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC here in resolutions 320 x 480 to 1920 x 1200.

By Rachel Atwood.

For more wallpapers check out these stories:

1. Distraction Free Desktop

2. New Desktop Wallpapers

3. Free Desktop Wallpapers

This story appears in partnership with Unplggd, a site for people who embrace technology and design in their home.

Unplggd: New Desktop Wallpapers

Cerentha Harris — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:02:30 +0000

We recently showed you a few easy tips for de-cluttering your mac. Once you’re done cleaning up your desktop, it’d be a good time to start fresh with some new wallpaper. Apple just gave developers a peek at some brand new desktop pictures from the upcoming OS X Lion, and you can try out these high quality desktop images yourself.

Last Friday, developers were able to get their hands on the latest developer build of Apple’s upcoming operating system 10.7, aka OS X Lion. Along with updated features came some new desktop wallpapers. Apple has always been known for their beautiful and epic wallpapers. This bunch are nature-themed, featuring animals and scenic landscapes.

What’s interesting about these wallpapers is the actual size of them. At 3200 x 2000, these are larger than any display Apple currently ships today (the highest being the 27” iMac, topping out at 2560 x 1440). It’s nice to get such high quality wallpapers that are sure to be large enough to fit any screen you have, as well as span beautifully across two displays. ItsAllTech.com put together a bundle of these high quality wallpapers, which you can download here for free.

By Vivian Kim

[via cultofmac.com]

This story appears in partnership with Unplggd, a site for people who embrace technology and design in their home.

Unplggd: Free Desktop Wallpapers

Cerentha Harris — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:05:25 +0000

Some people rearrange their furniture when they get bored with their surroundings—I change my desktop wallpaper. And after years of searching through 10+ pages on Google Images, sifting out the too-techy and too-cutesy graphics, I’ve found a few sites that never let me down.

Whether you’re looking for a desktop wallpaper or a background for your blog, these five sites offer up literally millions of great options. You could change your wallpaper every day for the rest of your life, if you wanted, and never be embarrassed to open up your laptop.

Check ‘em out:

Repeat-X, Repeat-Y
What it is: A collection of cool, hipster patterns and illustrations, perfect for tiling a desktop or becoming the stylish background pattern on your website.
How many? 270

Always Mod
What it is: A site devoted to Marimekko fabrics and fashion, with a section of Marimekko-inspired desktop designs.
How many? 15

Simple Desktops
What it is: An entire site devoted to color-blocked and super-cropped graphic desktop designs.
How many? 753

Totally Severe
What it is: The personal site of Sarah, a California graphic designer who offers up bitchin’ desktop designs on both her backgrounds and wallpaper pages.
How many? 359

Flickr
What it is: A really popular photo-sharing site. You can always find a few (thousand) good snaps and patterns here, you just have to hunt.
How many? Millions upon millions

By Taryn Fiol

This story appears in partnership with Unplggd, a site for people who embrace technology and design in their home.

Unplggd: Desktop Wallpapers

Cerentha Harris — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:25:18 +0000

“When you spend a lot of time on the computer, it’s important that your desktop image be one that you really love — even if it’s only for a week! We frequently change our desktop image because we’re always coming across amazing images that are just so perfect!

Four examples of the various type of desktops you’ll find at The Desktop Wallpaper Project.

Working on the computer for so many hours each day can be stressful at times, so it’s refreshing when we close out of a window and we’re reminded of our love for art and design when we lay our eyes on our desktop image. We’ve talked about a few free wallpapers on Unplggd in the past, but we’ve come across many more since then!

Lego Desktop Wallpapers
Simple Desktops Finds Un-Fussy Wallpaper
Jonathan Adler’s Free Smartphone Wallpaper
5 Free Liberty of London Desktop Wallpapers
Roundup: Best Free iPhone Wallpapers
Fliqlo
Solid Oak
Elgin Clock-Radio (our personal desktop at the moment!)
Free Marimekko Desktop Wallpapers
Kitsune Noir’s The Desktop Wallpaper Project featuring Pavel Fuksa

By Kristen Lubbe”

This story appears in partnership with Unplggd, a site for people who embrace technology and design in their home.

I Spy…

Cerentha Harris — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:22:44 +0000

Great desktop wallpaper. We interviewed Tom Watson about his workspace and Simple Desktops – a curated site of cool computer wallpaper. This is one of the newest designs by Yi Wei Liao. The name of this design? “Eames Chair” of course.

Unplggd: Desktop Wallpaper to Get you Organized

Cerentha Harris — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:22:53 +0000

“Download the illustrated home office template with empty bookshelves and desk and load it up with your icons for an amusing way to organize your Windows desktop.

[via The Daily What]

By Gregory Han”

This story appears in partnership with Unplggd, a site for people who embrace technology and design in their home.