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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: June 2009
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?
This post features 70 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:
- all images can be clicked and lead to the 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 be featured on Smashing Magazine. Are you one of them?
So what wallpapers have we received for June 2009?
Predictable Victory (Summer Solstice)
"June is the month that proudly boasts the longest day of the year (it kind of goes downhill from there). The Sun and the Moon fight it out in a seedy bar and, surprisingly, every summer the Sun wins. The Moon does not mind though – he knows he’ll get his revenge in December." Designed by Xenia Latii from Boston, United States.
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We Are The Revolution
"Grungy wallpaper which will remind you every day that you are part of a revolution. The light and dark contrast come out great for June." Designed by Vincent Vander Cruyssen (ViniMan) from Belgium.
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African Violet
"For some reason June reminds me of the color purple. So I decided for this month to make a purple wallpaper. I have this lovely small african violet in my kitchen, so I took a picture of it and designed this wallpaper." Designed by Rawan Soudah from Jordan.
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Cactus
"This is about the global warming. The cactus is thinking “I’m here to stay”." Designed by Cafundó Estúdio Criativo from Brazil.
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Spring comes
"I used elements of the summer, to do the composition." Designed by Ana Fernandes from Castelo Branco, Portugal.
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Dark Horse
"The concept of this design came out while listening to the last Johnny Cash album.This is the reason why i focused on horses, cowboys and used especially black." Designed by Amiel Patrick from Israel.
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World Environment Day
"World Environment Day was started in 1972 to give a human face to environmental issues, empower people to become active in sustainable and equitable developments, and to promote the idea that communities are important in changing the attitudes towards environmental issues." Designed by Vanesa Gazze from Argentina.
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Blue Bells
Designed by Vlad Gerasimov from Russia.
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Under the Sea
"Here we get a taste of the salty under water notions and wonders of the sea in a handmade representation as a wallpaper, there is something of summer that reminds me of the ocean and for those of us who don’t live near it here is a depiction of how it may look, swim in your imagination." Designed by Ana Laura Diosdado from Mexico.
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I Love June
"Summer is coming guys! Lets welcome the bees, ladybirds and the lovely green spaces around the world. Save the planet!" Designed by Bruno Mandele from UK.
Day Night June
"The day and night of june combined." Designed by Armand Megens from The Netherlands.
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I Had a Dream
"I had a dream… It went right, but reality went wrong…" Designed by Zé Miguel Santos from Portugal.
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Ribbon Festival
"Summer is here and the ribbon festival starts! Everyone is preparing for the festivities with the traditional wrapping of trees with flowing ribbons, and of course they can all sneak in a cheeky roasted marshmallow, mmmm yum!" Designed by Chris Alexander (Yipori) from England.
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Joon!
"My first experiment with character drawing, so I decided to share it with everyone for the June Wallpapers. Hope you enjoy joon! :)" Designed by Mona Parvin from USA.
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Glow
"One of my Photoshop glowing wallpapers series. Enjoy it :)" Designed by Yvaine2010 from Germany.
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Prana Shakti
"Prana Shakti is symbolized as a beautiful Hindu goddess who holds weapons in each of her hands representing victory over different negative aspects of human existence and the unfoldment of our divine nature." Designed by Anne Douglas from USA.
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Goddess Juno (Wife of Jupiter)
"The theme is about of name of the month june. The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter. So I here I just wants to show a goddess and I am done with, all the images are from." Designed by Rajesh Rajput from India.
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ILT-Restraint
"Set in Restraint by Marian Bantjes & Ross Mills. " Designed by John Boardley.
Dog Days
"After a long winter and a fitful spring, summer is just around the corner. Take your pets out of the house and enjoy the great outdoors. Let the dog days begin!" Designed by Kevin Shorter from North Carolina, USA.
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Lonely Night
"I always think about this… a night with a full moon a peace full place where nobody is there, sounds good that’s why i have designed this." Designed by Taranjeet Slatch from India.
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Dry Weed
"Photo of dried weeds/wild flowers. Using Smashing Mag free photoshop brushes to add texture." Designed by Anne Stahl from USA.
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The Perfect Wave
Designed by Raffaele Tannoia from Sweden.
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Mystery Mascot
"Wear your mascot and be mystery now…" Designed by JP Fuam from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Jeans
"Strawberry Jeans Theme." Designed by Valeria Kuzminska from Ukraine.
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In June to the Moon
"If only with dreams … And so what?" Designed by PeHaa from Poland.
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Barcelona Sea Sight
Designed by Unic agency from Barcelona, Spain.
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Fly on Sea
"A plane who is flying on the sea with a sun light." Designed by Booloo from France.
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Complement Grunge
"I’ve been feeling compliments coming on for the month of June, so I decided to go with my favorite complimentary set of colors! Makes sense right? It has spoken." Designed by Justin Douglas Whiteaker Clay from USA.
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Summer’s Shadows
"In June, we celebrate the summer’s arrival with huge fires. The light draws figures." Designed by Amandinelle from France.
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53 Mondays
"Every year in june, people realize the impact of the global warming. Despite warm make the girls getting naked, we have to think about it and this wallpaper may help…" Designed by Lesly Garreau from Bordeaux, France.
Creative Nerds
Designed by Creative Nerds from England.
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Swing in the Sun
"June is swinging in the sun, one of the first (and great!) pleasures of the summer!" Designed by Julie Lê from Canada.
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Sunderland Quayside
"A vibrant illustration of the Quayside at Sunderland in the North East of England. We have used the brand colours of Rufus to bring the Quayside to life as well as adding one or two tags to point out key areas of the quay and it’s surroundings. Not to mention the subtly added speech bubbles that celebrate the success of Sunderland AFC surviving the 2008/09 Premier League season." Designed by Rufus from United Kingdom.
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Rising Star
Designed by Dragos M from Romania.
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Strawberry
"Calendar with fresh and juicy summer theme." Designed by Petr Vaclavek from Czech Republic.
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Hello June
"This is a lyric from a song I play with my jazz band, “Junetrip”. The song is called “June” and it’s a playful melody about the coming of summer. That is the same mood I tried to capture with this month’s wallpaper." Designed by Vlad Tamas from Romania.
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Summer Through a Kids Eyes
"Summer through the eyes of a kid. Textured gradient of concrete with a freshly cut grass green to a summer sunset orange/red gradient. 70’s ish style font overlay of some summer photos." Designed by Dwayne Cossey from USA.
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Green House
"5 June is celebrated as World Envoirment Day (WED). The theme for WED 2009 is ‘Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change’. Through this wall I have tried to contribute my part for my planet’s needs. Remember the 5 June and save your surroundings with more green to win the battle against climate change." Designed by NarjisNaqvi from Pakistan.
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Sunset
Designed by Markus Beinteinsson from Iceland.
June Weddings
"June is a popular month for weddings so I thought I’d contribute with a nice detail image from a recent wedding." Designed by John Morris from USA.
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Heat by Erte
"Inspired by Erte’s painting Heat. Here’s hoping that June will be hot!" Designed by Loann West from USA.
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Colorful Summer
"I thought up this wallpaper when I imagined how thirsty everyone always is in the summer, and how relieved and happy you feel after drinking that glass of water. :)" Designed by Saarah Saghir from USA/Pakistan.
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Structured Explosion
Designed by Oliver Twardowski from Germany.
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Way to Sky
"The way to sky is something I started to work on my cintiq and then this “happens”. Motivation: try new ways. " Designed by Martin Dörsch from Austria.
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Sun
Designed by Ego Design from Spain.
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Eternal Calendar of Today
"This eternal perpetualy self-updating calendar just doesn’t get outdated as long as today remains today and not par example yesterday and even then the calendar promptly updates itself to mark the current day, so one can use it for any month of any year as long it doesn’t get too boring …" Designed by Brut from Slovenia.
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Vintage Hostage
"This painting was done by Brooklyn-based graffiti artist DTR (Derti the Ripper) and graphically treated under Layer One Graphics to become a digital piece of art without taking away from its hand drawn elements." Designed by DTR (Derti the Ripper) + Layer One Graphics from USA.
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Fishy June Calendar
"This little fish is colored as Estonian flag." Designed by Martin Lensment from Estonia.
June Bug
"Minimalist design of a June Bug with its wings flared out. Used a photo of leaves in sunlight and set Gaussian Blur to 100 to achieve the multi-gradient background. Title Font is Eccentric Std. Calendar Font is Helvetica Neue Bold." Designed by David Hughes from United States.
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Mountain Biking
Designed by Rumake Web Agency from Novosibirsk, Russia.
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Black Cat
"I love cats!!!" Designed by Anca Varsandan from Romania.
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We Run This!
"Inspired by street fashion & culture, my calendar expresses the fierceness and creativity of my generation." Designed by Tiffany Reed from USA.
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Tropical Flowers
"Maybe June is too early for tropical weather for some places (especially here in Michigan!) but heres hoping for some beautiful summer weather." Designed by Heather Buchel from USA.
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Schoolhouse Botanical
"A chalkboard/woodgrain wallpaper featuring vintage botany textbook illustrations." Designed by Jessica Lundby/Extension Twenty Three Design from USA.
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Think outside the screen
"The designers I know spend most of their time infront of a screen. Sometimes it’s good to get away from it all, to go outside and get some fresh new ideas especially as it’s hot outside now (hopefully) :P" Designed by Luke Williams from England.
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Summer is here
"Although it came slow, first month of summer is finally here for everyone to enjoy it!" Designed by Monica Corduneanu from Romania.
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Mix D’June
"This wallpaper was created in order to mix ‘dirty’ and ‘clean’ design." Designed by Budi Irawan from Indonesia.
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Guns n’ Cannoli
"Only one comment: Leave the gun, download the calendar." Designed by Rodrigo A. Grola from Brazil.
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Says Who?
Designed by FEED Bryce M. Ulmer from USA.
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I Design of the Typography
"I do not write I design it is my typographical offer for June." Designed by Allen Kevin Zapien Zamora from Mexico.
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Dragons
"Dragons! A while ago we stumbled upon an archive of all these amazing, really old illustrations of monsters and mythical beasts. The hand-drawn illustrations are incredibly expressive and interesting, so i took a couple, and used them as inspiration for this wallpaper. I also thought that that handmade quality makes the illustrations adapt particularly well to the grunge/distressed look that’s really popular and that i really dig." Designed by Arcane Palette Creative Design from USA.
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June Sentense
"Just motivating sentence for June :)" Designed by Temeshi from Poland.
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Purple Sun
"Stylish and sexy, look awesome on any monitor!" Designed by Emil Bonsaksen from Norway.
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Geranium
"A simple and summery macro hardy Geranium taken in my front garden." Designed by James Cooper from UK.
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Powershift
"Hot Rod into summer with the Powershift theme. I shot this mid 70’s Ford Thunderbird on this crisp spring morning." Designed by JP Holecka from Canada.
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Love the Light
"The days of June host the longest daylight hours of the year for the Northern Hemisphere (shortest in the Southern Hemisphere), with June 21st having the longest daylight hours. This is known as the Summer Solstice. Let this calendar help remind you to make the most of the sunshine." Designed by Joel Freeborn from United Kingdom.
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Join in next month!
Please notice that we respect the ideas and motivation behind artists’ work which is why we’ve given artists full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience through their works. And this is also why the themes of the wallpapers weren’t anyhow influenced by us, but designed from scratch by the artists themselves.
Thanks to all designers for participation. Join in next month!
What’s your favorite?
What’s your favourite theme or wallpaper for June? Please let us know in the comments! And smashing June, folks!
The team here at Smashing Magazine. Mostly Sven & Vitaly.
- 151 Comments
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- 2May 31st, 2009 6:04 am
Some really nice calendars in here. The “Love the Light” calendar at the end is really creative.
- 3May 31st, 2009 6:10 am
Wow. These are great!
- 4May 31st, 2009 6:11 am
Thanks for all the authors for the nice wallpapers! :D
- 5May 31st, 2009 6:11 am
Good haul this month :)
- 6May 31st, 2009 6:17 am
This time I am not so excited about the choice
of desktop calenders. Looks like I have to post
some of my creations next time.But except of taste has a big varity, I love this
page and your work. Stay tuned … - 7May 31st, 2009 6:19 am
Very nice. Have a nice summer!!!
- 8May 31st, 2009 6:27 am
I have to reload many times to wait for all the images charge correctly xD, all are great , but I “Design of the Typography”, “summer is here” an “glow” are my favorites.
- 9May 31st, 2009 6:32 am
Thankss :)
i love these wallpapers x
- 10May 31st, 2009 6:36 am
Awesome collection! Thanks for including my calendar:)
- 11May 31st, 2009 6:40 am
very beautiful wallpapers! I like Way to Sky the most.
- 12May 31st, 2009 6:42 am
Please cactus en 1920
- 13May 31st, 2009 7:15 am
Great collection of wallpapers!
Thanks for adding mine (by the way, my website had been hacked somehow and is unavailable right now but I’m working on it…sorry).Can’t wait next month!!
- 14May 31st, 2009 7:18 am
Great post… a huge bunch of talent!
- 15May 31st, 2009 7:23 am
I used the “Way to Sky” wallpaper on my Mac. Here’s a screenshot:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2cqodhe.jpg
Looks awesome, great wallpaper collection this time around!
- 16May 31st, 2009 7:32 am
Very nice collection, as always! Thanks for sharing!
- 17May 31st, 2009 7:35 am
COOL!I LOVE IT!THANKS!
- 18May 31st, 2009 7:37 am
Wow, thats a ton to choose from. And thanks for adding mine!
- 19May 31st, 2009 8:16 am
Thanks SM
- 20May 31st, 2009 8:24 am
Great collection.
I was wanting to submit this month, but got late… :(
Will surely comein next month… - 21May 31st, 2009 8:42 am
this calender is very nice
- 22May 31st, 2009 8:57 am
So many great wallpapers, great collection!
- 23May 31st, 2009 8:58 am
Hey guys, it would be awesome to have somes dualscreens wallpapers!
Cheers!
- 24May 31st, 2009 8:58 am
Great collection and thanks so much SM for adding my wallpaper :D
- 25May 31st, 2009 9:19 am
Oh, do please keep this idea going. I’m now using “Goddess Juno” on my desktop and “Dragons” on my laptop.. But all of them were wonderful — keep up the amazing work.
- 26May 31st, 2009 9:21 am
I agree- dual screen wallpapers would rock!
- 27May 31st, 2009 9:37 am
Cactus is my new wallpaper:)
- 28May 31st, 2009 9:56 am
I’m not so excited about these wallpapers.
A few are good, anyway.
- 29May 31st, 2009 10:11 am
I totally love Joon!
- 30May 31st, 2009 10:11 am
However I like the wallpapers which are playing with light effects :)
Nice collection!
- 31May 31st, 2009 10:51 am
Simply Great. Nice Collection.
My Fav. Blue Bells, African-violet & Many More
- 32May 31st, 2009 11:03 am
Some nice ones there!
How come mine never get featured? - 33May 31st, 2009 11:10 am
An Excellent collection, and i thanks to smashing magazine to have my “Lonely Night” wallpaper.
Thanks
Taran - 34May 31st, 2009 11:13 am
Another great collection and thanks for adding mine! (geranium)
- 35May 31st, 2009 12:15 pm
This is best collections ever of Desktop Calender Wallpapers I’ve ever seen on Smashing Magazine.
- 36May 31st, 2009 12:39 pm
I particularly liked “summer is here” and “shadows”.
Thank you* - 37May 31st, 2009 12:59 pm
great collection ;)
- 38May 31st, 2009 2:11 pm
SM ask 4 love. I give u real love 4 this articole. :*
“We Run This!” amazing ! - 39May 31st, 2009 2:44 pm
I am waiting each month for the next to come. These are so great. Please keep on going.
- 40May 31st, 2009 3:12 pm
The work submitted never fails to amaze and enthrall me.
- 41May 31st, 2009 3:27 pm
why my wallpaper was not posted?…..
- 42May 31st, 2009 3:42 pm
Thanks for posting this but what’s up with the RSS feed? The text is completely un-formatted and looks like a scrapper posted it.
- 43May 31st, 2009 3:55 pm
These are all absolutely fantastic.
- 44May 31st, 2009 4:23 pm
love the wallpapers I come here at the beginning of every month for my new desktop fix. Just wanted to let you know the calendar on dry weeds is wrong but I love the design.
Also I am in the southern hemisphere so June means the beginning of winter for me, where are all the southern hemisphere designers??
- 45May 31st, 2009 5:48 pm
I love these. My problem with these calendars is picking just *one*…
Chandra - 46May 31st, 2009 6:17 pm
This website is really amazing, every month this is the place i come for the calendar.
- 47May 31st, 2009 6:52 pm
Nice set of desktops as usual. I look forward to these each month.
- 48May 31st, 2009 8:11 pm
Again! Awesome collection of Creatives. Thanks SM.
A good handy work by the designers. But my Specials are Prana Shakti by Anne Douglas from USA & Cactus by Cafundó Estúdio Criativo from Brazil.
Very good work. Look forward for next month Creations.
Cheers!
- 49May 31st, 2009 8:16 pm
Wow! These keep getting better and better every month… Awesome collection!
- 50May 31st, 2009 8:21 pm
This is first time that I’ve visited this site. The wallpapers are really amazing. Maybe I’m going to visit this site every month now ;)
Thanks to all the authors for sharing. - 51May 31st, 2009 8:29 pm
Thanks for such great wallpapers……….
thanks for sharing such kool stuff - 52May 31st, 2009 8:36 pm
Hey Dyuka, what’s your email? I’m going to send you “cactus” with 1920px.
- 53May 31st, 2009 9:18 pm
vladstudio is always amazing… i love there work
- 54May 31st, 2009 10:37 pm
i’ve been changing my wallpaper monthly since i discovered the calendar of the month at Smashing. My favorite this month is Light Bokeh of the Abstract.
Thanks for the great stuff - 55May 31st, 2009 11:01 pm
Very nice
- 56May 31st, 2009 11:24 pm
Not many good ones this month.
Light Bokeh abstract is 2 of Abduzeedo tutorials :)
- 57May 31st, 2009 11:55 pm
Ribbon Festival is really cute! :)
- 58May 31st, 2009 11:59 pm
I hate to say it but it looks like the standard of monthly wallpapers is slipping here..
Hopefully next month the submissions can be vetted or at least pick the best from a bad bunch?
Sorry if this upsets anyone.
- 59June 1st, 2009 12:55 am
Awesome, smashing, brilliant work… I can’t chose one… all rocking…
- 60June 1st, 2009 1:33 am
Good resources. I love it!!!
- 61June 1st, 2009 2:33 am
bravo!!
I love summer. - 62June 1st, 2009 2:38 am
Great selection!
- 63June 1st, 2009 2:59 am
all are superb calender for June
Thanks for all authors
vijayta - 64June 1st, 2009 4:11 am
many of them are not so impressive, i wonder why mine got rejected :(
- 65June 1st, 2009 4:17 am
thanks! they’re very creative…woooooooW!
- 66June 1st, 2009 4:20 am
I loved the “weed” June desktop calendar, but the June calendar is inaccurate. It begins with Friday, June 1st instead of Monday. Too bad.
- 67June 1st, 2009 4:22 am
nice!!You always post good stuff!!!
- 68June 1st, 2009 5:33 am
Excelentes como siempre! Felicitaciones desde Argentina!
- 69June 1st, 2009 6:14 am
The “Dry Weed” image is lovely, but the dates are wrong – they have June 1 as falling on Friday.
- 70June 1st, 2009 6:30 am
Good job guys!
- 71June 1st, 2009 7:19 am
Great job, Everyone! Thank you for your generous contributions.
Generally speaking, I prefer minimalist wallpapers because when the desktop is too busy, it distracts me from my work. I also like when designers keep the right vertical area clean so that the designs don’t overlap onto the icons (for us Mac users). I wish Smashing Magazine would keep this in mind and place their logo onto the left side of the wallpapers, but that’s my only complaint.
This month, the two Vlads reign supreme! Vlad Tamas’ “Hello June” and Vlad Gerasimov “Blue Bells” are wonderful. I’ll use Hello June for the weekdays and Blue Bells on the weekends :) Thanks, Vlad and Vlad!
- 72June 1st, 2009 7:20 am
My fav is: World Environment Day! :)
- 73June 1st, 2009 7:47 am
Amazing collection this June!
Thanks SM for featuring mine :) - 74June 1st, 2009 7:57 am
I totally need to get in on this next month. : )
- 75June 1st, 2009 10:06 am
goodness…why is there so little love for the 1280×1024 crowd? so many of my favorites don’t feature this size.
(yes, i know, gift horse>mouth. just saying. =])
- 76June 1st, 2009 10:08 am
I agree with comment #6, these are kinda mediocre
- 77June 1st, 2009 10:49 am
Great selection, something for almost everyone.
- 78June 1st, 2009 12:12 pm
…and the winner is (as far as I am concerned):
“Blue Bells” by Vlad Gherasimov - 79June 1st, 2009 1:00 pm
I totally digg POWERSHIFT
the colours, the car, it’s just the perfect wallpaper for the summer. Anyone knows wallpapers with similar palettes?
- 80June 1st, 2009 1:04 pm
To all you guys who have trouble choosing..do as I do:
I downloaded this program which I have set to choose a random June wallpaper everyday. This way I don’t have to choose and a new source of inspiration is everyday right in front of me :)
- 81June 1st, 2009 1:13 pm
Way to the Sky!
- 82June 1st, 2009 1:28 pm
great calendar!!! specially the Day Night June
- 83June 1st, 2009 6:07 pm
you guys never let me down.
- 84June 1st, 2009 6:15 pm
Great job!!!
‘Summer is here’ is what i like - 85June 1st, 2009 7:31 pm
hello guys,
Thank u very much for sharing this amazing collection… Thanks to all the people behind to put up the hard work to make this so nice…thanks
nair - 86June 1st, 2009 10:45 pm
wow… really nice calender….
- 87June 1st, 2009 11:56 pm
Nice gigantic set of wallpapers!!!
I took 4 of them, and now I have to choose…
You’ve make it hard for me!!! - 88June 2nd, 2009 12:31 am
Fantastic collection!
- 89June 2nd, 2009 12:52 am
Thanks for featuring my wallpaper :) (day night june)
I’ll try to be back next month! - 90June 2nd, 2009 12:56 am
“Dark Horse” and “Schoolhouse Botanical” are fantastic!
- 91June 2nd, 2009 1:29 am
Really great designs, i was sooooooo inspired………..
- 92June 2nd, 2009 3:30 am
Good Collection :)
- 93June 2nd, 2009 3:33 am
Thanks for such great wallpapers……….
There are so many good ones, i dont know which to choose!! - 94
- 95June 2nd, 2009 4:41 am
Another great selection, thanks alot!
- 96June 2nd, 2009 6:08 am
“leave the gun, take the cannoli”! LOL
- 97June 2nd, 2009 6:36 am
Thanks for featuring my wallpaper! :)
- 98June 2nd, 2009 7:52 am
All cool designs. Like World Environment Day the most.
- 99June 2nd, 2009 10:10 am
I hate all of these. Why are they so girly? Can’t anyone create anything more basic and less frilly?
- 100June 2nd, 2009 10:11 am
I look forward to this page every month. I picked Vintage Hostage this month.
- 101June 2nd, 2009 10:40 am
“The Perfect Wave” is really cool. I love it! Thanks!
- 102
- 103June 2nd, 2009 1:15 pm
i like mountainbiking butt fly by sea is a bit rude when you think about the airfrance airbus
- 104June 2nd, 2009 7:25 pm
I like the Joon! wallpaper. Very cute!
- 105June 2nd, 2009 8:07 pm
ty 4 share!!!!! “D
- 106June 2nd, 2009 9:21 pm
This is my month of birth. I love the surfin ones and all the bright June calenders. Japan has wet rainy season so anything bright would make my pc happy.
thanks! - 107
- 108June 3rd, 2009 4:04 am
We wait for these each month at work..my colleagues (and myself ofcourse) use nothing but these wallpapers.
Thank you :) - 109June 3rd, 2009 4:47 am
I put Ribbon Festival on the pc at work. In a school setting, It fits perfectly. My daughters love it and put it on their pc at home. I personally put Black Cat on mine. His smile is just too cool to leave behind.
Everyone at work appreciates the new calendars every month.
Other contenders: June Weddings, Swing in the Sun, Strawberries, Cactus, African Violet, and Summer is Here.
- 110June 3rd, 2009 7:40 am
thanks for the post, but there really needs to be a little more quality control on these.
- 111June 3rd, 2009 9:48 am
Gracias!!
- 112June 3rd, 2009 11:33 am
I <3 Hello June, World Environment Day, Blue Bells, and Summer is Here.
- 113June 3rd, 2009 3:05 pm
Hi. Its my first visit to this site..and I must say, it has some awesome stuff…. really nice collection.
- 114June 3rd, 2009 4:43 pm
there’s always several I love, but this month June Bug really stands out!!
Thanks to all the creative artists out there, you rock :-)
- 115June 3rd, 2009 6:50 pm
I like all the designs : -))
Thanks - 116June 3rd, 2009 9:07 pm
beautiful june walls! love ‘em!
- 117June 4th, 2009 3:33 am
Fantabulous collection of June Calendars………you rock guys
- 118June 4th, 2009 4:33 am
some awesome stuff!
- 119June 4th, 2009 8:13 pm
My favorite is” Colorful Summer”.
Thank you very muchi!!
cawaii★ - 120June 4th, 2009 8:35 pm
My favorite is” Colorful Summer”.
Thank you very muchi!!
cawaii★ - 121June 5th, 2009 1:34 am
I love “ILT-Restraint” the most …
Thank you for all these amazing wallpaper!!
- 122June 5th, 2009 3:20 pm
big let down, some of these are TERRIBLE for june, they look like they should be for the month of NEVER. AND I forgot, there is no such thing as “Global Warming”. stop being so gullable and naive people. think for yourselves and stop buying into other people’s strategies to win political wars.
- 123June 6th, 2009 7:22 pm
Creative and great design!
I enjoy Hello June, Fishy June Calendar, Green House and Strawberry.Thank you.
- 124June 7th, 2009 5:41 am
thanks.great.but my english isn’t fluent.I can’t think out so many beautiful words as you to describe them.all in all.really great.
- 125June 8th, 2009 2:49 am
I like the Hello June and the Blue Bells ones
- 126June 8th, 2009 1:45 pm
I am rocking the “Blue Bells” right now, but I love more of them than I dislike. Good pics, thanks so much!
- 127June 8th, 2009 9:44 pm
wow!!
very nice :D
thankyou S.M - 128June 9th, 2009 2:08 am
Any plans for some dual screen calendars?
- 129June 9th, 2009 4:00 am
Cara esses walpapers estão demais… muito boa idéia!!! valeu! um abraço aqui do Brasil!!!!!
my favorite is “Cactus!” muito boa a mensagem!!! - 130June 9th, 2009 5:30 am
This website is awesome! i loved it all, but my favorite is the Green House.. It’s just too cute! Xoxo from us here in Brazil.
- 131June 9th, 2009 5:33 am
These wallpapers are incredible! Congratulations to all of you…and Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
- 132June 9th, 2009 5:53 am
Why is the first day of the week Monday?
I thought these calendars were too good to be true, they are awesome.
But this one little thing is making me not want to use this site.
I can’t view calendars other than ones that start on Sunday; I thought that was the universal standard, is it not? - 133June 9th, 2009 11:52 pm
This time the quality is lower than usual :\
- 134June 10th, 2009 5:07 am
This is, by far, the best collection of wallpaper calendars that Smashing has had in months.
- 135June 10th, 2009 10:21 am
I have to say that i’ve been coming here for a while to get the wallpaper and i love it! There is always such a great variety of wallpaper to choose from. I don’t know where you guys get these artist but all i can say is WOW every time! Thanks for posting this and not charging!
- 136June 10th, 2009 4:51 pm
Very new wallpapers here will refreash my workplace. Thank you.
- 137June 10th, 2009 11:30 pm
Thank you so much for such wonderfull wall papers….:-) it makes my day … everyday……
- 138June 12th, 2009 12:37 am
Beautiful, as always. :) Many thanks!
- 139June 14th, 2009 7:01 pm
Is it me or do the calendar have different dates. Some start on a Sunday and some on a Monday.
- 140June 14th, 2009 11:01 pm
Nice Collections!!
I really liked it :) - 141June 16th, 2009 8:00 am
Nice ones.
I was waiting last days on RSS for this topic, but nothing cames. :( - 142June 18th, 2009 4:00 am
nice
- 143June 19th, 2009 2:55 am
Since I discovered this page I change my wallpaper 2 and 3 times a week, Thanx to those authors.
- 144June 19th, 2009 2:56 am
best month till now!
- 145June 20th, 2009 5:30 am
Great selection! I picked the 3rd one ‘Cactus’ with the pinguins! I’m using Linux :)
- 146June 20th, 2009 6:20 am
Vous devriez mettre, en période de bac, un fond d’écran avec un trèfle à quatre feuilles !
- 147June 22nd, 2009 2:18 pm
“Every moment is a fresh beginning”….
That really made my day. Thanks! :)
- 148June 23rd, 2009 12:41 am
Yet again..another ravishing and splendid collection of high resolution June wallpapers. All of them are equally awesome and yet different from each other. Great stuff :)
- 149June 23rd, 2009 3:15 pm
Gracias
- 150September 22nd, 2009 1:52 am
very nice !
- 151October 8th, 2009 1:09 am
Very nice collection, as always! ILOVE IT.Thanks!
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Another great collection of wallpapers for June and thanks for featuring my wallpaper.