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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: February 2009

The wallpapers calendar series will not be discontinued. Next month is the last month in our desktop wallpaper calendar series. In February, you’ll have one last chance to showcase your work by designing a desktop wallpaper calendar for Smashing Magazine. But don’t worry, we have a number of new contests coming up, so it will be worth staying in touch!

Wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use one wallpaper for a long time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration from it. That’s why we decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers to cover 12 months. And to make them a little more distinctive than the usual fare, we decided to embed calendars for each month. If you need to look up a date, isn’t it better to show off nice wallpaper with a nice calendar, instead of launching your default time application?

This post features 70 (!) free desktop wallpapers for February 2009, created by designers across the globe. Every wallpaper can be downloaded for free and comes in two versions: one with a calendar and one without.

Please note:

All images are linked to a 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 feature on Smashing Magazine. Are you one of them?

This month, we’ve been literally smashed by the explosion of your desktop wallpaper calendars. So look out, February 2009, we’re coming!

Moon Dreams

“Here is my moon schedule calendar for February 2009. A moon phase for every day, because since ancient times people have always known about the moon cycle and how it affects human behavior. When the moon is full or new, people can be extremely sensitive and show some big changes in their mood and behavior. That is why I wanted to create something fun and useful at the same time. I called it “Moon Dreams.’” Designed by Yana Foltice.

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Love Knows No Boundaries

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Color Moods

“Colors, elements and textures. Happy and cool. Bold and delicate. Sometimes, they’re all you need to change your mood. Besides, spring is just a few days away. Enjoy!” Designed by Maya Lavda from Ideaspot, Greece.

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Feeling warm

“This is more like a welcoming spring than a celebrating winter wallpaper… Feeling warm, yet? Don’t worry, it’s coming.” Designed by Kalina Georgieva of Bulgaria.

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Dragon Photograph

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Love Hurts

“The motivation for this is the moment one realizes that love’s prison has no other escape than pain. Does that sound like I think love stinks? Good… it does.” Designed by Don Giannatti of Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

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Simply Gorgeous

“Rather than taking the clichéd route of a Valentine’s Day theme, I went with something a bit more different. My original intent was to show something unique but bring in some colors that reflected the romantic essence of February. Kudos to artists like Chuck Anderson and Pete Harrison for the continued inspiration.” Designed by Umer Tahir of Calgary, Canada.

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River Dawn

“My entry is a photograph of the River Adur, near my home, and was taken just after dawn in the middle of winter. I love the blue and orange contrasting colors, and having it on my desktop in the warm reminds me to acclimatize my cameras to the cold before I venture outside.” Designed by Irving Bartlett of United Kingdom.

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I Love You More than My Laptop

“February is hearts month, and in celebrating upcoming Valentine’s Day, I came up with a theme with my own Mascot telling someone that ‘I love you more than my laptop.’ Am I sweet? :)” Designed by Ronald Bien Punla of Philippines.

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Other Lands

“These ‘Other Lands’ are those inside us, the ones we dwell in — or promise ourselves to reach someday — believing that we know and rule them, despite their inhospitable conditions and unpredictable climate.” Designed by Laura Racero of Madrid, Spain.

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Winter Bug 2009

“Last night, I was on my ‘night photography walk,’ and I saw this old VW Beetle and said to myself, ‘That car has not been driven for decades, but I’ll use my camera to drive it through cyberspace.’” Designed by Dejan Cirovic of Serbia.

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Purification

“The work was inspired by the etymology of the word ‘February’ and old customs related to this month. ‘February’ comes from the Latin term februum, which means purification, and it is a feature of many religions.” Designed by Bojan Ilic of Serbia.

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Simple, Clear and Cold

“A bit of Swiss-style graphic design here. Simple, clear and cold. This one is pretty pointless without all the numbers (2, 9), so the version without the calendar is not provided. Sorry for that.” Designed by Serhiy of Ukraine.

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Winter Sun

“On one of my trips back home to southern Germany I was out in the countryside on a beautiful sunny late winter day. The landscape was just magnificent, with the sparkling snow in the mid-day sun. I took the picture with my digital camera when the horse appeared because it really shows how small we are in proportion to these majestic mountains. From the picture, I created the artwork for the desktop. Hope you all enjoy! ” Designed by Brigitte DiBenedetto of USA and Germany.

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Rosso Alfa

“This is our proposal for the February desktop calendar. It is photography-based and features a superb red Alfa GTV on a beautiful sightseeing trip of Brasov, Romania. The motivation behind the design is in fact the birth of the Romanian Alfa Club Association, which was celebrated by a printed wall calendar featuring the most import cars from the community. Every month, we decided to also do a digital version of the calendar.” Designed by Stroe Alexandru and Marius Dumitru from Romania.

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Waiting for the Spring

“It’s still winter here in the Netherlands, but spring is in sight.” Designed by Edwin Duinkerken of The Netherlands.

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Cats

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Calligraphy

“Inspired by the Chinese New Year last month, I wanted to incorporate Chinese calligraphy into my design.” Designed by David Sutoyo of the USA.

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Fighting for Spring

“Where I live, February marks the month that the gloom of winter begins to dissipate, and the tiny buds of spring begin to peek out here and there. So… this is February, as I see it. ” Designed by Shannah Smith of Georgia, USA.

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My Summer

“I’m a designer from Perú (in South America). As you know, here in the southern hemisphere, it’s summer. We also have here in Perú the the best waves and beaches to surf and our own Surf World Champion: Sofia Mulanovich. So, I take that for inspiration. I think your southern-hemisphere readers will feel at home with my summer wallpaper calendar.” Designed by Heldrik Lynch of Perú.

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The Month of Love

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Tormentas

“I often look at Creative Commons images on Flickr for inspiration. These two (tormentas de verano and a woman, a boy, and a toy monkey) were two I was playing with and suddenly thought of combining. I always like adding a little color to black amp, white or sepia, and I also try to find interesting color combinations. ” Designed by Seth Nickeson of the USA.

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Saint Valentines Day

“”Valentine’s Day, or Saint Valentine’s Day, is a holiday celebrated on February 14. When I think of February, love, hearts and images of happiness come to my mind. This happiness is the one I wanted to express in the calendar.” Designed by PhotoshopTutorials of the USA.

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Winter Frosty Leave

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Sheep

“My motivation was quite straightforward: needed to take a break and saw tweet about upcoming deadline for February ‘09 calendar wallpaper.” Designed by Lukasz Tyrala of Poland.

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Love

“This wallpaper features one of my photos, inspired by the Valentine’s Day. I took the photo to show that love is everywhere; sometimes it hides, but it always surrounds you.” Designed by Travis Person of the USA.

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Wisp

“Here is a fairy-tale castle in a bog, guarded by lots of wisps.” Designed by Valeria Kuzminska of Ukraine.

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Fractal February

“This abstract piece of art was created using a single shape, a triangle. If you look close enough, you’ll notice that everything is made up of the same triangle, though in different sizes and orientations (this is called fractal art). The main motivation was to see that how a single simple shape like a triangle can almost magically generate beautiful-looking compositions.” Designed by Aakash Goel of India.

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Mesmerize

“This image is an attempt to express freedom, joy, light…” Designed by David Gheorghita of Romania.

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Retro Wash

“I enjoyed your article celebrating vintage and retro design, especially Andy Gilmore’s. Inspired by that, I created a wallpaper similar in vein but with my own spin, keeping in mind its purpose for desktop use. It even highlights everyone’s favorite holiday: Singles’ Awareness Day. ” Designed by William Law of United Kingdom.

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February Love

“When people think February, a lot will think of love. I wanted to do something that would go along with that idea, and that is where I got the heart idea. I also like to work with a lot of bright colors, so I decided to use watercolor brushes and blend as many bright colors together as I could. I also highlighted the 14th in red to represent one of the most popular days in February.” Designed by Anthony Nguyen of Pennsylvania, USA.

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Minimal Month

“Minimal calendar for the month of February 2009, to be used for 28 days only.” Designed by Tom Johnson of England.

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The Shortest Month

“February is the shortest month of the year, so why not line ‘em up and show that, using colors to represent the months and some simple typography to get the whole point across. Look out for the 14th, folks.” Designed by Liam J Moore.

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Comic Sans

“This is a simple wallpaper, with humor. The inspiration behind the design is from the group on Facebook (which everybody should be a member of): ‘You know you’re a graphic designer when…’” Designed by Håvard Bergersen of Norway.

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Valentine’s Day febrUary

“This is a huge heart pattern with a groovy retro calendar to complement the round design elements. Patterns just look so good when they’re broken and destroyed.” Designed by Jonathan Haggard of the USA.

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Valentine’s februum

“This is basically an abstract kind of wallpaper, which includes the essence of love we feel in the month of Valentine. Kind of a different approach for the Valentine’s theme, with the combination of different colors and abstract art.” Designed by Shashank Goswami of India.

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Face Your Fading World

“‘Face Your Fading World’ features the world falling apart and floating away, back to where it came from, outer space! The illustration was created from photos that were heavily manipulated in various ways. Let us all take an extra lover on Valentine’s Day (and beyond): our planet :)” Designed by Sietse Visser of The Netherlands.

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Fuck Mac

“Here is my contribution to the wallpaper/calendar collection. I got inspired by a piece of work of Alexander Kaiser. I thougt it was really funny, so I followed his idea, and, well, this is what came out. I’m planning to do a whole series of these wallpapers, so expect more in future. The wallpaper itself is quite simple. For those of you who don’t know what the red thingy is, go to Amazon (or any other store) and purchase the DVD of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.” Designed by Tim Jäger of Munich, Germany.

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Streakin’

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Full Moon

“The design is inspired by the lunar cycle and the fact that February is the only month that can pass without a full moon. This year, however, we do have one, and it appears on February 9th, which I have indicated in the design. Keep a look-out.” Designed by Mark Kirwan of England.

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Sparkle

“I wanted to create something illuminating and warm for this dark time of year.” Designed by Antti Lehtinen of Finland.

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Dark Spring

“The inspiration behind this wallpaper is very simple: there is something in the trees. Created with a free vector pack that you featured last month, it’s my first submission ever and I still have a lot to learn.” Designed by Christian Benstein of Holland.

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The Trees

“By showing the man in the form of a tree, I want to show that trees have lives just like us. I want to send the message that human beings should stop ‘murdering’ trees, because at the end of the day, by taking away the precious lives of these trees, human beings themselves are going to pay the price. In fact, we should appreciate the lives of these trees because they give our life to us.” Designed by Kasra Safavinia of Germany.

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Alien Party

“Imagine aliens come to the Earth for their weekend party! How would you picture it? Software used to create this scene were Zbrush, 3D Max and Photoshop CS3.” Designed by Kasra Safavinia.

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Splashing 2D

“This is what I do for fun: splash paint on patterns I design. Hope you like it!” Designed by Lukasz Tomasz Rozanski of Opole, Poland.

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FEBulous Fire

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The Heart Month

“My work is of a heart, just because February is the month of the lovers. I used a bar code because it identifies things, and I mixed both to represent love and its identification. I used stars with light to represent the magic that love is.” Designed by Ana Fernandes of Castelo Branco, Portugal.

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Romantic February 2009 Calendar

“For a warm holiday atmosphere, we have designed a romantic calendar in the Valentine’s Day spirit.” Designed by AdobeTutorialz of the USA.

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Carnival Mask

“This is my work for February because it is the month of carnival. Because of that, I used a mask and elements to recall the fantasy, the fairy and lights.” Designed by Ana Fernandes of Castelo Branco, Portugal.

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Welcome

“My first wallpaper. Welcome, February. Nice to meet you!” Designed by Benoît “LeBen” Burgener of Switzerland.

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28 Days

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My Valentine

“Happy Valentine’s Day in the year of ox!” Designed by Eloise Ha of Malaysia.

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Cold Isometric

“The wallpaper reflects how February is a cold and monotonous month. The shapes breaking off of the ‘Feb 09′ become more abstract the farther they get from the text. ” Designed by Kris Kouba.

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Orange Cross

“I found that link to your contest on Twitter, so I thought, ‘Let’s make a calendar,’ and after an hour I finished one.” Designed by Wieso Anders of Carinthia, Austria.

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Love

“When I think of February, my mind fills with hearts and the color red, because February is famous for love.” Designed by Maya Sivalingam of Sri Lanka.

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Mended heart

“The wallpaper has a clean style with much negative space and is inspired by February and Valentine’s Day, with a broken heart mended by love.” Designed by Aaron L. of Ontario, Canada.

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Freddygirl

“I thought you would probably gets lots of ‘Valentine’ submissions. Instead of going that route, I chose a strong black floral graphic, complemented by a mix-’n'-match typographic treatment for the month’s name. Enjoy!” Designed by Michelle Cormack.

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Not Happy Valentine

“‘Not Happy Valentine’ is the downside of the February 14, when everything is hearts and love. Unfortunately, that day is painful for many people because of the trade. I recalled the frantic search for her elsewhere.” Designed by Diego of Argentina.

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Scratchy Desk

“By trade I do 3D animation, but I have a traditional 2D background, and I know good art comes from fresh ideas. I wanted to do something different with this piece and do some digital graffiti on a wooden desktop. I set about trying to make my love-filled doodles and text-scratchy goodness look like it was done either with blue biro, red biro or plain scratches. I would love to make an animation out of this!” Designed by Daniel Sweeney of England.

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Recycled Air

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California Dusk

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Love’s in February

“February is all about love. Let’s share that love around the world. Love might hurt, love is sometimes hard, love is a heart, love is wanting to be heard and love is on earth.” Designed by Putri Regina (a.k.a Pu3W1tCh) of Indonesia.

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February Choco

“This one is more of a chocolate theme, in which lovers show their love to each other while presenting chocolate. :)” Designed by Shashank Goswami of India.

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Global Hearts

“I was inspired seeing how many different countries visitors to my website are from, which made me think of adding other languages to the wallpaper.” Designed by Seth Nickeson of the USA.

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Art

“This is not a night scene. I did this artwork on the spot in the morning. I used black-colored paper and white pencil. I tried to show the dramatic effect of light with black and white, with an old building as the subject.” Designed by Girish Chaudhary of India.

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Diary

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Your Last Chance: Join In Next Month!

We respect the ideas and motivations behind an artist’s work, which is why we give artists full freedom to explore their creativity and express their emotions and experiences through their work. The designs of these wallpapers weren’t in any way influenced by us, but rather were created from scratch by the artists themselves.

Thanks to all the designers for participating. Join in next month ~~(please note that it’s your last chance to feature your desktop wallpaper on Smashing Magazine)~~! And have a smashing February, folks!

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250 Comments

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Ernest Ojeh
January 30th, 2009 10:03 am
last chance??? why?
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Rachel
January 30th, 2009 10:06 am
Why are you guys stopping after this month? I love these!
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Michael Risser
January 30th, 2009 10:07 am
Please don’t end the desktop wallpaper calendars, its something that I really enjoy and look forward to every month.
Keep the wallpaper calendars, please.
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Greg Givan
January 30th, 2009 10:07 am
perhaps SM could followup the March post with a collection of artist “approved” wallpaper sites that dont suck.
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Lufutu
January 30th, 2009 10:08 am
Cool list ! Happy Love month :D !
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Phobos
January 30th, 2009 10:11 am
Why last chance?
And there are to many, I can not decide which to pick!
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DKumar M.
January 30th, 2009 10:11 am
Nice List of wallpapers…. But keep them coming !!
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mike
January 30th, 2009 10:14 am
I’m so completely impressed with some of these wallpapers (most). Great work!!
I agree – I absolutely love the monthly wallpapers!
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Kevin Harrison
January 30th, 2009 10:15 am
Please keep the calendars going! That’s how I first heard of your site and something I look forward to each month.
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Peter Mill
January 30th, 2009 10:20 am
Please keep them coming!
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newt
January 30th, 2009 10:26 am
Thanks. This site rocks hard!
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Dan
January 30th, 2009 10:31 am
Seriously, why stop? Desktop calendars are a great idea, and you’ve got plenty of designers willing to create content… You’re smashing my balls right now.
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Please don't stop the wallpapers
January 30th, 2009 10:39 am
I have friends who are not web designers but always visit this site at the beginning of the month for the wallpapers.
Keep them coming :-)
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RubineBoy
January 30th, 2009 10:56 am
“Sometimes, when I’m all alone, I use Comic Sans”
EPIC!
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Beulah
January 30th, 2009 10:56 am
Please don’t stop the wallpaper contests, I just discovered it and its’s brilliant! I love using the wallpapers! I switch them every week.
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Raquel
January 30th, 2009 11:16 am
dont end the calendars! I have just discovered them :(
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Francor
January 30th, 2009 11:23 am
Help me! What is name of the font type in the “Splashing 2D” wallpaper?
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rex
January 30th, 2009 11:34 am
No, don’t stop!!! I’ve just begun to use these!!! They’re awesome!!! I think you know what you guys need to do… with all these requests, you just cannot stop them now….. PLEASE!!!
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Priscilla
January 30th, 2009 11:42 am
That girl in the red dress 4x is Briana Shaker….
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ALX S.
January 30th, 2009 11:44 am
Small correction on the Rosso Alfa wallpaper: it was designed together with Marius Dumitru.
Anyway, i think you deffinetly should continue with the monthly desktop calendar, it is such a great ideea and such a great source of inspirational wallpapers!
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Arezou
January 30th, 2009 12:00 pm
@Vitaly and Sven
Ending the desktop wallpaper calendar is a great idea if you would like to lose most of your readers!
I am very disappointed by your decision because I thought you guys were different from other magazine sites. Your readers spend hours looking for inspiration, and to kill of a vital source of inspiration is completely devastating.
You need to consider your readers’ opinions. It is important when it goes to making decisions that could effect your audience this much. Since your readers are the reason Smashing Magazine is so popular.
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maryam
January 30th, 2009 12:23 pm
Are you going to stop publishing wallpapers???? whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
By the way I love Purification,
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Jessi
January 30th, 2009 12:24 pm
bummer. our office looks forward to new desktop calendars each month. We all choose our favorite, everyone has a different style so these are great. Plus it’s great that they are sized perfectly for our monitors already. we’ll miss them!
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Dave
January 30th, 2009 12:25 pm
The monthly desktop calendar feature is one of the primary reasons I come to this site! Please don’t kill it!!!
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james
January 30th, 2009 12:47 pm
What a big surprise , please tell me that it’s a typo or something.Seriously, you gonna lose tons of visitors if you stop it!!! .Thank your for this month anyway.
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Daisy Morgan
January 30th, 2009 12:59 pm
It’s not terribly original (that’s why I come to Smashing!) but what I think about the decision to stop the monthly desktop calendars…
:-)
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Chris
January 30th, 2009 1:00 pm
What??? Please don’t cancel the monthly desktop posts. It is one of my favorite posts I look forward to each month, and each month I change my desktop wallpaper to one of that month’s wallpapers.
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Alex.Rainy
January 30th, 2009 1:10 pm
Awesome! Please don’t stop publishing this yammy!))
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Prasath
January 30th, 2009 1:15 pm
Amazing wallpapers specially ” Streakin’ ” thats one good wall paper
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Janckos
January 30th, 2009 1:33 pm
gracias!!
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Angela
January 30th, 2009 1:42 pm
I look forward to these every month!
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BSteck
January 30th, 2009 1:44 pm
I’m with everyone else, why stop the calendars?
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Simon Maris
January 30th, 2009 2:01 pm
Great List as always..
This is something I always look forward to so please don’t stop desktop wallpaper calendar series!
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Jason
January 30th, 2009 2:26 pm
Yeah – keep the wallpapers going!
And thanks for s Summer one! (It’s not winter everywhere you know!)
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confetti
January 30th, 2009 2:47 pm
Keep the wallpaper calendars, please
Keep the wallpaper calendars, please
Keep the wallpaper calendars, please
I love it
something I look forward to each month.
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Marg
January 30th, 2009 3:00 pm
One more vote — please keep the wallpapers!!!!! I wait for them every month and really enjoy them. Why stop?
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Zoe O' Kane
January 30th, 2009 3:13 pm
OMG! Please don’t stop the monthly calendar wallpapers! I love them! i only found them last month and i have told everyone i know about them! KEEP THEM PLEASE!!!!!!!
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE
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bethany
January 30th, 2009 3:14 pm
Yes please! Keep the calendar wallpapers. LOVE them!
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khatoon
January 30th, 2009 3:20 pm
You guys are the greatest, and I love Smashing and the monthly WallPapers! Please don’t take them away from us…
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE
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Rob
January 30th, 2009 3:48 pm
I look forward to the monthly wallpapers each month to download to my work desktop. Please don’t take this feature away…
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Ryne
January 30th, 2009 5:24 pm
im really a big fan…plz keep the wallpaper calendars
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Lukasz
January 30th, 2009 5:40 pm
Please don’t stop the calendar wallpaper, this is the main reason I visit the site. Stopping it would really be disappointing.
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alan
January 30th, 2009 6:05 pm
I really like FEBulous. Shame the calendar’s wrong.
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fred mertz
January 30th, 2009 6:56 pm
What a foolish mistake. This article has drawn numerous people I know to your site. We LOVE this. Stopping it is a terrible idea.
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poy
January 30th, 2009 7:32 pm
Did I miss something? Why are you stopping the calendar’s.
Are you guys drunk!? :)
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pati @-;--
January 30th, 2009 8:28 pm
Please, don’t stop this… It’s my favorite part of your magazine. Lots of fun will be gone :(
BTW, amazing wallpapers this month!
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Captain Howdy
January 30th, 2009 8:33 pm
I only come here for the Wallpapers. Sure, I check your articles very often, but it’s the wallpapers that have me hooked. You’ve stumbled onto a very good thing and I highly recommend you make it a cornerstone of your site magazine. Don’t make us beg.
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Manny2cans
January 30th, 2009 8:39 pm
No more Wallpaper?? Wha..??
Smashing Magazine, I smote thee. And, at the behest of we, the hopelessly addicted, I shall only rectract thy smote should the continuance of our monthly wallpaper fix be reinstated.
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shashi arya
January 30th, 2009 9:58 pm
Why last??? there is no last on SM.
Keep them coming guys its really good.
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Frank
January 30th, 2009 11:32 pm
What the heck? Me no likie that there’s no more Calendies. What’s the dealio here?
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DeJan
January 30th, 2009 11:35 pm
The news about canceling Desktop Wallpaper Calendar Contest makes me very, very sad ;(((
… and I thought that worlds economic crisis have nothing to do with this section… ;)
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Ariyo
January 30th, 2009 11:47 pm
What??!! Have you bumped your head and dipped in stupid juice? Please reconsider keeping the monthly wallpapers section. This is such an amazing idea and as far as I know no one has ever done it like you are doing it. Did I mention the word Rethinking?
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Fino
January 30th, 2009 11:56 pm
what are you guys smoking?! let me have some too!!! :)
Come on don’t get rid of our favorite part of this site! THE MONTHLY CALENDAR of course!
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Peter
January 31st, 2009 12:59 am
Noooo!!!!! Don’t stop montly wallpapers! I visit this site every month some days before the wallpapers are released, hoping that they will come some days earlier.
These wallpapers are great!!!!
These wallpapers are great!!!!
These wallpapers are great!!!!
These wallpapers are great!!!!
These wallpapers are great!!!!
These wallpapers are great!!!!
These wallpapers are great!!!!
These wallpapers are great!!!!
These wallpapers are great!!!!
These wallpapers are great!!!!
These wallpapers are great!!!!
These wallpapers are great!!!!
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jaymo
January 31st, 2009 1:03 am
I love the expanding choices in the wallpaper post every month. I would love to see it continue one way or another.
Thanks for all the amazing monthly wallpapers so far!
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Ray Clarke
January 31st, 2009 1:49 am
Would be a shame to see the monthly wallpapers dropped, as it gives contributors with very little to say a chance to hawk their wares #14.
Now how do I get this into comic sans, for full effect…
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Sean
January 31st, 2009 1:50 am
Don’t stop the wallpapers, keep them coming!!!
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Aditya
January 31st, 2009 2:24 am
Hey
Yea, keep them coming. and keep them open to submissions
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Steve
January 31st, 2009 2:33 am
Don’t stop the wallpapers please! I love them :(
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mathiz
January 31st, 2009 2:38 am
I think it would be great if SM selected quality wallpapers for their post and keep the ugly ones out.
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Gilia
January 31st, 2009 3:08 am
I love those wallpapers! They’re awesome, like every month.
Don’t stop publishing them, really!
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swetha
January 31st, 2009 3:20 am
nice collection.
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Creamy CSS
January 31st, 2009 3:50 am
I liked the Retro Wash wallpaper :)
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QuaD
January 31st, 2009 4:45 am
Alfa Romeo Gtv – awesome!
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Zee
January 31st, 2009 6:36 am
I love these. Don’t stop! If you stop, I’ll be stuck using a freebie from a digital scrapbook company or worse. ART! I want ART! (Ooh… now I’m whining, huh?)….. Come on…. keep up the calendar wallpaper. Seems a shame to stop at February. Nobody stops at February. Go the distance! The whole frigging year! We will LOVE you! (have I hit all the buttons yet?)
xoxox
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nick.
January 31st, 2009 6:38 am
Oh Gosh.. You cant stop this anymore.. So much users who still want it. I found them around 3 months ago.. You cant stop it now. I am begging you! PLEASE DONT STOP!
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Mavie
January 31st, 2009 7:46 am
please do not stop the calendar desktop wallpaper… me and my friends look forward to these every month!!!! please do not stop… we enjoy it very much and is one of the reason why also look into other articles
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Josh
January 31st, 2009 8:15 am
Please DO NOT STOP doing the monthly calendar wallpapers.
I think its fairly clear that Smashing Magazine benefits from this monthly article and keeps people coming back for more.
This month’s featured were FAR better than last months. Thank you artists for doing an incredible job this month!! Numerous wallpapers are worthy for my desktop.
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Felix M.
January 31st, 2009 8:27 am
the person who did the first wallpaper skipped the 15-th day of the month.
he put the 14-th twice.
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Maxim V
January 31st, 2009 8:40 am
Please do not stop !! This is the only things that make Smashing unique on the Web !! I’ve never found something similar than your monthly contest… PLEASE !!!!
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Anand
January 31st, 2009 9:10 am
Please don’t stop the calendar wallpaper section!
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DAsh
January 31st, 2009 9:31 am
PLEASEEEE!!!!! DON’T STOP!!! WE LOVE CALENDAR WALLPAPERS!!!!No, seriously, don’t…
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yaara
January 31st, 2009 9:53 am
Great list
I would miss too the wallpapers
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Carol Kufeldt
January 31st, 2009 11:52 am
I hope that the scratched out “this will be the last month” means that Smashing has decided to continue calendar wallpapers.
They are so unique and I look forward to choosing a new one every month- despite how difficult that choice is made by the profusion of talented artists each month!!
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IBC
January 31st, 2009 11:52 am
Why are you going to stop this?
It´s great! Don´t do that, please…
We all love them, and there are a lot of interesting designs here.
Don´t Don´t Don´t!
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Ma'ayan
January 31st, 2009 12:44 pm
Please keep it going. I love the monthly desktop.
Thanks
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D
January 31st, 2009 1:23 pm
DON’T STOP THESE WALLPAPERS
i’m not a web designer but i still visit this site just to check out the AMAZING wallpapers people create and I’m sure there are many others like me which mean that you will lose sooooooo many visitors
the monthly wallpapers are a trademark of smashing magazine
so please don’t end them
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Alex
January 31st, 2009 2:01 pm
Don’t stop the wallpaper calendar!!!
Please, please, pretty please with sprinkles! :)
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Cyndi
January 31st, 2009 2:29 pm
I am new to your site but I have already told several people…what brought me and will keep me are these amazing!!!!!!!! calendars. Please reconsider…
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antonis
January 31st, 2009 2:31 pm
happy u changed your mind:D
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Amorphouskat
January 31st, 2009 2:35 pm
Why, oh, why!
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Ruben
January 31st, 2009 2:39 pm
Please do not stop the wallpapers!! This is the only things that make Smashing unique on the Web !! I’ve never found something similar than your monthly contest…I only visit this site because of this content and I think a lot of Users here, too! PLEASE, don’t be so unreasonable !!!! Otherwise I won’t visit Smashing again.
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Jacob
January 31st, 2009 3:53 pm
Woohoo! Democracy! Thanks for changing your mind…
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Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
January 31st, 2009 3:54 pm
We have heard you: the desktop wallpaper calendar series will not be discontinued.
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Bleyder
January 31st, 2009 4:02 pm
Yes!!! Thanks!!!
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paddy
January 31st, 2009 4:18 pm
super thanks!
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Ashley
January 31st, 2009 4:30 pm
Thanks Smashing!
Please continue the desktop calendars!!! Not only do I look forward to this post every month but it also continues to provide creative insight and inspiration throughout the month!
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Jessie Wong
January 31st, 2009 4:41 pm
Thank you for continuing the monthly desktops. I can’t imagine why in the world you’d ever want to stop it. It’s a great feature that I look at every month!
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pati @-;--
January 31st, 2009 4:50 pm
Yay!
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xenon
January 31st, 2009 4:54 pm
Great stuff, love the calenders!
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J.Milligan
January 31st, 2009 5:21 pm
DO BOT GO AWAY!! I LUV THIS SITE!! GOD BLESS ALL THE GIFTED ARTISTS!!!
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Noam
January 31st, 2009 5:22 pm
Please don’t stop’em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:(
:0
:(
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Daniel P. Long
January 31st, 2009 5:46 pm
Thank God.
We’re waiting for these every month.
So dont stop ‘em.
Thanks.
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iSerotonine
January 31st, 2009 5:52 pm
just don’t stop! we love this. and thank you
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shape.tea
January 31st, 2009 6:36 pm
thanks to all great artists for the smashing! calendar and thanks to u for continuing this lovable wallpaper calendar series…i always look forward for this post in every first day in every upcoming month ^o^
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ronan
January 31st, 2009 8:24 pm
made a wise decision! ;)
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vukidrock
January 31st, 2009 9:06 pm
nice wallpaper, i take it for my laptop
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Starhui
January 31st, 2009 9:29 pm
I am a Chinese girl, like this website very much, especially this issue. I do not understand why you guys cancel this. It is my favourite!!! If there is something new, I hope it will be better.
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Melly
January 31st, 2009 10:03 pm
Yayy!!! I was all afraid when I read about no more wallpapers, I really look forward to them every month! *clings to Calendar wallpapers* Thank you for keeping them going!!
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krupa
January 31st, 2009 10:40 pm
Please don’t stop the wallpapers, keep them coming!!! They r awesome!!!
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Chanux
January 31st, 2009 11:07 pm
Dear SM,
You don’t have a right to take these lovely wallpapers away from me. That’s good you decided to continue.
thanx.
chanux ;)
Cool work dudes. Super cool work. Thanx for everyone created these.
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Mojo
January 31st, 2009 11:40 pm
Superb collection! Looking forward to the next installment of this series!
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Ariyo
February 1st, 2009 12:00 am
Thanks for paying attention to your readers request. Cheers!!!
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Antti Lehtinen
February 1st, 2009 12:03 am
I agree, its nice that you decided to continue. Wallpapers are excellent source of inspiration. Thanks for including mine!
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Anton
February 1st, 2009 1:54 am
Most of this is really horrible kitsch! I would fear to work if I had such wallpapers at my desktop!
Only the minimalistic ones are useful
hey. wake up. you are grown up. puberty is over!
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Julien L
February 1st, 2009 2:23 am
Thanks for keeping this awesome serie ! Like it !
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John Alexander
February 1st, 2009 2:46 am
Thank you so much for keeping the wallpapers, one of favorite monthly articles, I run two different ones every month on my dual screens, I love them!
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Jack
February 1st, 2009 2:47 am
Thanks! great post!
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Bern
February 1st, 2009 3:27 am
Amazing stuff guys! I’m in constant need of good, fresh wallpapers and this list hit the nail on the head.
Keep them coming.
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Antonio(ReAnto)
February 1st, 2009 4:11 am
Don’t Stop! Please
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Walt
February 1st, 2009 4:44 am
I just want to throw in my two cents…it’s 7:45am on Feb 1st and the instant I opened my browser I typed in this website so I could get a new calendar wallpaper for the month. Please don’t stop!
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Delgar
February 1st, 2009 4:44 am
Muy guapos estos calendarios, por ahora me quedo con el de Bruno Fujii, porque estoy en época pensativa y de concentración. Saludos y hasta el próximo mes.
http://www.delgares.blogspot.com
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Paula
February 1st, 2009 5:40 am
Me too – I really look forward to them – please don’t stop
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Dave Miers
February 1st, 2009 5:52 am
haha!! it’s funny reading all the comments leading up to the decision to keep the wallpapers!!
i look forward to the wallpapers – but i wasn’t going to stop reading the site!!
keep all the killer content coming kids.
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Javier
February 1st, 2009 6:11 am
Hey! Thanks for keeping wallpapers! I love it!
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Zuza
February 1st, 2009 6:14 am
Please, please, please – don’t stop it!
Full moon my favourite in february (at home pc). Simply goregous or puryfication will be on the office pc :) Thanks for renewing my comp every month!
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Gloria
February 1st, 2009 7:06 am
Thank you, for keeping the contest going. I look forward to the 1st when I update several PCs. I hope all the artists will continue to support the contest as well. Especially since SM heard our outcry! Also want take a moment to send props to the artists as well. Keep those calenders coming! Your time, effort, and talent have not gone unnoticed!
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Renee Spry
February 1st, 2009 7:33 am
I love these calendars,DON”T TAKE THEM AWAY!!!!!!!
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Edouard from France
February 1st, 2009 8:10 am
great selection…
Too bad there are only 28 days for those awesome wallpapers.
Keep it up ! :)
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Francois
February 1st, 2009 8:42 am
Merci so much SMASHING! You guys are awesome!
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Bento
February 1st, 2009 8:47 am
wise decision to continue with the superb calendars!
the calendars are one of the great features of the site.
thanks for listening!
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Jessica Kennedy
February 1st, 2009 8:48 am
Thanks for keeping the calendars! I love them and share your site with all my friends and family, who also enjoy picking out their monthly desktop from your site. :)
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Martha
February 1st, 2009 8:55 am
YAY! please don’t ever stop the wallpapers!! I have found soo many artists that I otherwise would’ve never found through these posts! Thanks for listening to your readers! :)
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mike
February 1st, 2009 9:14 am
they´re great, but can you create more in 1024×768?
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Brandy
February 1st, 2009 11:47 am
Thank you smashing for keep this alive!
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asha
February 1st, 2009 1:43 pm
thanks for not discontinuing!
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pieterb
February 1st, 2009 1:49 pm
thank you for not stopping them. love the wallpapers. thank you.
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gyogyoum
February 1st, 2009 4:31 pm
relieved with the cancel lines! Thank you for keep going with these amazing calender wall papers. This is my only fun on the first working day of the month! Look forward to seeing months ahead! (”u”)
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shawn
February 1st, 2009 7:24 pm
thank you Smashing for keeping this alive.!!!
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mona
February 1st, 2009 8:30 pm
Merci Smashing! Now I can sleep tight and dream about next months calenders! :D
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scaramanga19
February 1st, 2009 10:00 pm
Thank you for keeping the calendar wallpapers. I think the quality of submissions, and how it ties in with so much of your other design content, is a real drawing card to get people to visit your site.
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Aladiah
February 2nd, 2009 12:00 am
Why last chance?
I love those wallpapers!
Please don’t stop publishing them!
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Sandie Sørensen
February 2nd, 2009 12:21 am
Oh, my Lordy…
My desktop is featured, eventhoug I misspelled February.
Sorry I couldn’t fix over the weekend- the workfile was on my work-pc, and not at home.
So- sorry for the inconvienience everyone! I promise to spellcheck next time..
(My entry is The Frosty Leave)
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Maarten
February 2nd, 2009 12:21 am
Great wallpapers again! Thanks alot guys.
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croisillon
February 2nd, 2009 2:15 am
Indeed, thanks for not stopping.
But I have one request. If we shall “show off nice wallpaper with a nice calendar, instead of launching [our] default time application” could you make sure saturdays and sundays are in place?
I love “FEBulous Fire” but I’m wondering why wednesdays are highlighted..?
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Doolhof
February 2nd, 2009 2:49 am
Maybe it’s already mentioned; but DON”T STOP! Puhlease!!
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CJ
February 2nd, 2009 3:43 am
The best collection yet. Keep it up!!!
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BoysToyz
February 2nd, 2009 4:25 am
@Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
Thank you for continuing this Calendar issue. We appreciate it much. I believe I speak for those who are looking for inspirations and those who express themselves, both.
B.
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WebUnicorn
February 2nd, 2009 5:03 am
PLEASE DON’T STOP THE WALLPAPER SERIES
your magazine is famous by helping designers with inspiration
why you want to lose this connection between your readers and yourself?????????
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Amy
February 2nd, 2009 5:18 am
I love all of these. I hope this series doesn’t end. I just discovered it last December and have loved it ever since. It’s so hard to find decent wallpaper and these exceed those standards by a trillion. :-)
Love this site!!!
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Lover
February 2nd, 2009 5:49 am
Finally same calendar with Monday as a first day of a week as in the most of the countries.
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Brian
February 2nd, 2009 6:33 am
First time commenter, long time reader.
Thanks for keeping the desktop calendars. This is such an amazing magazine that it’s a staple read most every day. Keep up the great work and thanks for actually listening to your readers :)
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Phil
February 2nd, 2009 6:34 am
Please don’t end the calendars. These are the only reason I get here every month.
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heather van de mark
February 2nd, 2009 7:09 am
great collection this month, guess everyone wanted to show off for what they thought was their last chance at the calendar.
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XIAO Yang
February 2nd, 2009 7:18 am
非常好，哈哈！
Thanks.
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brandon
February 2nd, 2009 7:22 am
I’m not sure how many other smashingmag readers use netbooks, but I’d love to see a 1024 x 600 resolution for my Eee
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Erica
February 2nd, 2009 7:25 am
Thanks for keeping the calendars!!! Look forward to them every month.
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bamboo
February 2nd, 2009 8:05 am
I’d love to see 1280×1024 :(
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JED
February 2nd, 2009 8:08 am
Hey, what about us of 1440X900 people? Do we stink?
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ralf
February 2nd, 2009 8:18 am
I love this site and i love these calendars. Many thanks for these great collection.
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Carl Helmertz
February 2nd, 2009 8:26 am
How about adding a poll to each one of these wallpapers to give the authors some extra credit?
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Sameep
February 2nd, 2009 8:33 am
Please dont stop the calendars…..
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Ray Strauss
February 2nd, 2009 8:38 am
Why stop one of your best and most consistent marketing methods?!!! Someone at SM needs to do a study and see the correlation of site hits and no more wallpaper. Thanks for the great collections though!
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The Odin
February 2nd, 2009 8:54 am
I Love these designs, please keep them coming! If your worried about running out of months I know for a fact there are at least 10 more this year!!!!!
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whoisnot
February 2nd, 2009 8:57 am
It’s great you’ve canceled that decision. It really would’ve been a bad one. These monthly wallpapers are not the sole neither the primary reason for my being an rss-subscriber to your site, but even so I would’ve missed it (and would’ve had to find another site offering something like that.)
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aLx
February 2nd, 2009 9:14 am
AMAZING!!!!!!!
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Robin
February 2nd, 2009 9:21 am
Thank you for this nice collection and thanks that you keep it alive :-)
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boogieman
February 2nd, 2009 10:34 am
This is odd, last month so many people left negative messages for the wallpapers. This month people are crying. The quality difference between the two months is there, but this is just amazing.
SM is gonna keep the calendars. They just got what they wanted to know…with two simple words “last call”
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Livia
February 2nd, 2009 10:47 am
Suuuper!! Thanks for not discontinuing the wallpaper calendar! I just love these!! I set my Mac to switching to an new one every hour and so I have a day full of wonderful calendars every day and every month!
Thanks a lot also to all the designers who submit these super cool calendars!
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Kriddl
February 2nd, 2009 10:59 am
Great, like every month.
This time I chose the “Purification” Wallpaper… beautiful!
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Daniel
February 2nd, 2009 11:11 am
1440×900 would be great!
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Amar
February 2nd, 2009 11:11 am
You guys are simply awesome!!! Please don’t stop this work!!!
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Jen
February 2nd, 2009 11:34 am
Thank you SOOOO much for continuing to do the monthly calendar! It is something I eagerly look forward to each month and tell my co-workers and friends about. I think it is also something that makes Smashing Magazine stand out (amongst all of the other great articles and tips!) Thanks again!
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dina
February 2nd, 2009 1:46 pm
I can’t believe that it’s all over.
Please don’t stop.
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Ed
February 2nd, 2009 2:04 pm
I LOVE these wallpapers! Please don’t stop after March!
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Alisha
February 2nd, 2009 3:13 pm
Although the past couple months I haven’t seen any wallpapers that I really like, I still enjoy this and look forward to it every month. I’m glad to see that it will be continued after all.
And like a couple comments above, it would be great to see 1440×900. A lot of people I know have that resolution, myself included.
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danfy
February 2nd, 2009 6:29 pm
好漂亮~~~
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Amie
February 2nd, 2009 7:17 pm
Thank you for NOT taking away the wallpapers. I love them.
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Wendy
February 2nd, 2009 9:47 pm
Thank you for reconsidering doing away with the monthly wallpapers. I just discovered them last month. I would have been so sad to see them goI think they are a wonderful opportunity for everyday people to access new art from all over the world. They are a much better alternative to the majority of free wallpapers you find on the Web!
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jay
February 2nd, 2009 10:24 pm
although most are nice, it would be nice to see something that represents black history month, since that’s what february is, and to celebrate the innaugration of Barrack Obama
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Jota
February 3rd, 2009 12:04 am
c’mon don’t stop this: is my favourite section!
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sanwen
February 3rd, 2009 12:35 am
Oh my god
Beautiful it is! I like it very much
Please don’t stop it
I wait for it.
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Ajeet
February 3rd, 2009 12:53 am
Really wonderfull and beautiful collection!!
Ilove it…
–;–;-<@
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Eduardo Stuart
February 3rd, 2009 4:39 am
Very good! i love it…
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Wendy M
February 3rd, 2009 4:57 am
Thanks for continuing the calendars! :)
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Attila
February 3rd, 2009 5:31 am
Hungary loves these wallpaper calendars so much!!!!
Please don’t stop, what’s more, please let us subscribe our favourite ones!
Many thanks!
Attila
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Woland783
February 3rd, 2009 6:04 am
GREAT series this month! you guys rock!
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Adam
February 3rd, 2009 6:23 am
I love Alfa Romeo ! Great callendar. keep em coming :D
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KitchAnn
February 3rd, 2009 6:36 am
This is one of the best Months ever! I hope to be able to come back every month.
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Chris Rumpf
February 3rd, 2009 7:18 am
nice walls boys and girls!^^
that are very bad news why it is the last time? keep them coming!
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Laurens
February 3rd, 2009 7:32 am
Thanks for keeping up the good work!
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Luis Marcelo
February 3rd, 2009 8:46 am
Man!
It’s such a shame! Please reconsider, it’s a tradition already!
Thanks anyway.
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Heidi
February 3rd, 2009 8:47 am
Thanks for the wallpapers, I’m glad you’re not stopping them! They would be sorely missed …
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Davide
February 3rd, 2009 9:47 am
Thanks! But please don’t stop!
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ram
February 3rd, 2009 9:58 am
Love these wallpapers. Please dont stop !!
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Wayfaring Wanderer
February 3rd, 2009 10:04 am
wow! Some of those are really awesome! I’m all about bright and cheery right now…..or at least I am trying to be :o)
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Tamie
February 3rd, 2009 10:47 am
Please do not stop the desktop calendars. We love them.
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Katie
February 3rd, 2009 11:41 am
I thought the January collection was weak as a whole –
but February is great! Thank you for continuing the collections.
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brEsj
February 3rd, 2009 1:05 pm
PLZ DO NOT STOP GUYS, PLZ
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maya lavda
February 3rd, 2009 2:36 pm
thanks for the inclusion!!
thanks to all fellow designers for submitting inspirational pixels :-)
thanks to Vitaly & Sven for listening !!
cu next month then…
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Leo Wurschmidt
February 3rd, 2009 2:48 pm
Awesome! I am so glad that you are keeping this. I first came to your magazine through because of the awesome wallpaper you put on here.
I look forward to March and other future months!
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ArleyM
February 3rd, 2009 3:38 pm
Please keep making these until people stop using wallpapers. Neeeed.
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Christopher LCP Mendes
February 3rd, 2009 4:20 pm
This is my favorite series on Smashing. Thanks for keeping it.
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inOrbit
February 3rd, 2009 5:33 pm
go on with other months, I find nice talent for design in someone. Thank you
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BRitt
February 3rd, 2009 10:02 pm
Please please please keep the calendars coming!
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Channakeshava B L
February 3rd, 2009 10:51 pm
I really enjoyed the desktop wallpaper calender design. So, please publish more more desktop wallpaper calender design every month.
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Martin
February 3rd, 2009 11:53 pm
Nice 1:es..!!! Found another cool one here: http://ttela.se/misc/kalender/kalender_februari_1280×960.jpg
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Matt
February 4th, 2009 12:21 am
Dude, my 10 year old daughter comes to the site every month to download wallpapers. Bad move to end this feature.
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Gareth
February 4th, 2009 1:20 am
I cannot believe you even considered discontinuing the Monthly wallpapers. I look forward to them every month, and they are the only reason I found the site (through Delicious).
The website as a whole is excellent and the removal of the monthly wallpapers would be a big loss.
Keep up the good work.
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aero
February 4th, 2009 3:20 am
I will write a post on this page and make link to it in my blog. thanks for this lovely collection.
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Lisum
February 4th, 2009 4:42 am
i love them all~
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Deb
February 4th, 2009 6:51 am
Please! continue with the calendar is a great forum in which one can discover creations of individuals and countries.
This is a great idea, why is the last month? porqueeeeeeeeee?
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John
February 4th, 2009 7:33 am
Please keep them coming.
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Hari
February 4th, 2009 9:00 am
Hi, Please keep them coming ….. february is fabulous
gracias!!
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Ricardo
February 4th, 2009 9:25 am
Awsome, well, like always, thanks again for this month papers.
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Kristina
February 4th, 2009 9:33 am
Ohhhh, noooo, please don’t stop publishing wallpapers. The best website for the best wallpapers
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Doncho
February 4th, 2009 11:22 am
Thanks for keeping the Desktop Calendar series going. I was about to ask for that too.
Only 1 suggestion: Please, do encourage also people to put 1 more month. I’m missing a lot this month a calendar, which has both Feb and March!
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Kitty
February 4th, 2009 12:11 pm
I was disappointed when I read last week that the monthly calendar contest will be discontinued. I’m realllly glad that it will continue on~ i actually look forward to a new wallpaper every month =)
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Extrix
February 4th, 2009 1:44 pm
These wallpapers are actually good, and each month more come out, which is great!
Please don’t stop!
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SeeJay
February 4th, 2009 9:25 pm
Guys! don’t be stupid!. Don’t even think about stopping this series. This is what makes me come here every month, unless I need some good designing ideas, which happens very rarely since I’m not any kind designer.
(I know you’ve changed your mind, but I’m writing this to make sure you won’t try to do the same mistake in the future)
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Michael
February 5th, 2009 2:26 am
Every time I open my laptop to give a presentation, I run the risk of the calendar art outgunning my work! Thank you to all the “artists” and to Smashing. Don’t stop!
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DAsh
February 5th, 2009 6:11 am
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ben Hunsaker
February 5th, 2009 6:54 am
Thanks a lot for not stopping the calendars. I absolutely love them.
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Windy
February 5th, 2009 7:48 am
These calendars are what keep me going through the month. PLLEEAAASSEE dont end them. They are a beautiful representation of modern digital art. So inspiring!
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jhak
February 5th, 2009 12:28 pm
thanks for continuing the calendars!
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Raymond Spidla
February 5th, 2009 2:48 pm
Thanks for everything Smashing! Not only the wallpapers every month, but the unending inspiration on every level!
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erick
February 5th, 2009 7:25 pm
there are some really cool ones, but what´s up with some of them, like the Orange Cross one. Pretty ugly if u ask me.
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pinar
February 6th, 2009 5:20 am
please don’t end. please please please
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Peter
February 6th, 2009 8:15 am
“But don’t worry, we have a number of new contests coming up, so it will be worth staying in touch!”
=> Yeaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!! Greeeaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttt!!!!
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Shane
February 7th, 2009 1:19 pm
I LOVE the smashing monthly wallpaper series. It’s wonderful news that they won’t actually be discontinued!
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Ben
February 8th, 2009 1:30 pm
Keep the monthly calendars!
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DM
February 8th, 2009 10:54 pm
Thank you so much for keeping em coming!
I have already saved like 15 of them just for this month only. The guys who create them really deserve a platform, and what could be better then SM!
Thanks for keeping this series alive! Let it go on…as long as calendars and desktops are required! :)
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Guy B
February 9th, 2009 1:54 am
The monthly calendars are awesome. Please don’t stop this service. I use them and ask my staff to pick their own. It helps to inspire them and catch their feelings. Thanks. Guy…!
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wilson
February 9th, 2009 3:09 am
LOVED the comic sans one!!
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Jhay
February 9th, 2009 6:51 am
Lovely wallpapers!
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Amanda W
February 9th, 2009 1:12 pm
I love these! I would really hate for them to disappear :(
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Christian
February 9th, 2009 3:07 pm
Thanks for not discontinuing the wallpapers, I look forward to the next months papers almost as soon as I add the current months ‘fave’ to my desktop. :)
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walksoftly
February 10th, 2009 7:57 am
Hope these continue. tops. creative. Ana Fernandes’ and Travis Person’s stand out, but each is unique.
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HP
February 11th, 2009 12:16 pm
“28 Days” has the numbers/days off by one.
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balwant
February 11th, 2009 3:18 pm
plz ,plz be contd……………………………………………………….
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blueglory
February 12th, 2009 3:27 am
Please don’t end this thing!!!
i wanted to change my mood when every months arrived~
that what makes every months special !!!!!
Please keep this up!!!~
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shashi bhusan
February 12th, 2009 11:40 am
very nice wallpaper ………………………
and hope that more splendid will added in it
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David
February 13th, 2009 8:06 am
Please, Keep the monthly calendars!
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Manet
February 13th, 2009 2:40 pm
Although they are very nice, but none them could replace January “144 Celebrating Creativity” on my desk top right now. Waiting and look forward to March ones :)
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Gene
February 15th, 2009 11:52 pm
These monthly wallpapers are simply astonishing. They make the each month on my computer absolutely wonderful! Please don’t stop posting them =)
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Dev Jay
February 17th, 2009 5:22 am
God say’s thanks you for keeping the monthly wallpapers.
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Francisco
February 17th, 2009 10:24 am
This is my first time that I visit this web page, and I like it. I love these calendars. They have great talent very good designs. I like this web page because it show us of different designers from different places of the World. Also, these people share their amazing Knowelge in their designs with ideas, combination of colors, illustrations, styles of typography (calligraphy), galleries, layouts, and other styles of designs which only Smashing Magazine might show us in its calendars.
I would like to see you continue with this great project because you have potential to get more sucess with your designs.
Thank you for show us this web page.
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Christian
February 18th, 2009 5:30 am
As many already wrote, you should not stop the monthly calendars.
They are a source of inspiration and draw people back to your site month after month.
Cheers
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designNam
February 18th, 2009 1:23 pm
OMG please Keep the wallpaper.. I really love this T_T Keep the wallpaper
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Piotr
February 19th, 2009 11:20 am
Please keep making these until people stop using wallpapers
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Kishore
February 19th, 2009 11:03 pm
Thanks for continuing the great work……
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Luis Marcelo
February 21st, 2009 10:28 am
Just thanks!
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Dea
February 22nd, 2009 9:34 am
Keep making calendar wallpapers. Some of them I like very much.
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lovexmusic
February 22nd, 2009 11:05 am
These desktop wallpapers are amazing! PLEASE DON’T STOP MAKING THEM.
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Manisha
February 23rd, 2009 7:21 am
Good collection. Hardly find such good work anywhere else. keep It up!!!
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WebMacheter
February 26th, 2009 3:03 pm
Whyyyyyyyyyyyy????? this is one of the greatest things on your site, and I think a lot of us heard about this site on the first place because of your calendar contest. As a matter of fact, I thing it brings a lot of visitors looking for cool wallpapers, so if money is a problem, you could put more ads (I don’t mind the ads if I’m getting so many good wallpapers ;) ).
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MARY BOYD
March 5th, 2009 2:24 pm
I NEED MARCH
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Ilani de Villiers
March 19th, 2009 6:39 am
i neeeeeeeeeed march to! :) These are SUPA!
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tdtmylinh
September 24th, 2009 8:15 pm
They’re great. really amazing ^0^
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kaan
October 20th, 2009 10:41 pm
I like this site, cool design!
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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: February 2009

Moon Dreams

Love Knows No Boundaries

Color Moods

Feeling warm

Dragon Photograph

Love Hurts

Simply Gorgeous

River Dawn

I Love You More than My Laptop

Other Lands

Winter Bug 2009

Purification

Simple, Clear and Cold

Winter Sun

Rosso Alfa

Waiting for the Spring

Cats

Calligraphy

Fighting for Spring

My Summer

The Month of Love

Tormentas

Saint Valentines Day

Winter Frosty Leave

Sheep

Love

Wisp

Fractal February

Mesmerize

Retro Wash

February Love

Minimal Month

The Shortest Month

Comic Sans

Valentine’s Day febrUary

Valentine’s februum

Face Your Fading World

Fuck Mac

Streakin’

Full Moon

Sparkle

Dark Spring

The Trees

Alien Party

Splashing 2D

FEBulous Fire

The Heart Month

Romantic February 2009 Calendar

Carnival Mask

Welcome

28 Days

My Valentine

Cold Isometric

Orange Cross

Love

Mended heart

Freddygirl

Not Happy Valentine

Scratchy Desk

Recycled Air

California Dusk

Love’s in February

February Choco

Global Hearts

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