Wallpaper of the Week – Kiss
This is the tenth edition of Wallpaper of the Week. This design was actually created as part of my daily designs. This wallpaper is entitled KISS, which is short for “Keep it simple stupid!” It’s been one of my favorite quotes, especially in design. Go ahead, start keeping it simple and download this wallpaper.
Kiss – Keep It Simple Stupid
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Wallpaper Resolutions:
Note: The wallpaper only comes in one size. If you’d like to use it as your desktop wallpaper, please set it as your background and set your background color to either black or white depending on which wallpaper you want.
About the Quote and the Wallpaper
Earlier today, I tweeted a message asking all of my followers about which daily design did they like the best? Out of all the replies, this design got the most compliments. Also, one of my followers suggested that I offer it as a wallpaper which was an excellent idea.
If you are a designer, I’m sure you have heard of this quote. This is one of my favorite design quotes and I always try to apply in when I design. Sure, there are definitely times when my designs are complicated and busy, but really, the designs that I enjoy the most are the ones that are simple and straight to the point. To me, they are the most effective as well. That’s why I really like the work of Simon Page.
Also, I definitely applied this quote when doing the redesign of this blog. I stripped away most of the design elements that were unecessary and I tried to make the blog as simple as possible without being bland and boring. You can read more about my redesign process here. Anyway, my suggestion to you designers is this.
Keep it simple, stupid!
Quick Summary
- Estimated time: 20 minutes
- Tools: Photoshop
- Total Layers Used: 4 (KISS)
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Coterfield
April 15th, 2008 7:07 amExcelente lista, justo lo que hoy pensaba buscar lo tengo servido, gracias a Smashing Magazine, punto aparte como Ud.s lo hacen cada cierto tiempo ya es hora de que listen los themes más frescos para los CMS más populares, se agradece de antemano.
Nicolargo
April 15th, 2008 7:25 amIncredible collection !
My blog thanks you !
Braintrove.com
April 15th, 2008 8:14 amThis is a great collection! Thanks!
Andrew
April 15th, 2008 8:20 amFantastic Collection as always, keep up the great work Smashing Magazine!
Creativepayne
April 15th, 2008 8:31 amI’ve used “cforms II” I gives you loads of options to make it look and work just about any way you want it to.
RyanDavies
April 15th, 2008 8:42 amfound this yesterday on dzone, it’s a comparison of ~10 lightbox scripts: http://blog.darkcrimson.com/2008/04/modal-kombat-a-lightbox-comparison/
Cesar
April 15th, 2008 8:48 amGrate! Thanks! always a good place to find this kind of tools.
Kaanon
April 15th, 2008 8:58 amDatepicker is listed twice.
It’s pretty nice. I use it myself. I had to jackson it to get it to work properly but it still looks great.
Frank
April 15th, 2008 9:21 amhi there, i have been trying to find the resource and the origin of the concert hall application image you used under “light window”, could you be kind enough to direct me to where you found that application or image. i looked under the light window site and i can’t seem to find it.
Adrianne
April 15th, 2008 9:40 amI really like the MooWheel, but it is difficult to mouse over a label to see who is connected to whom. Anyway to remedy that problem?
moritzpeuser
April 15th, 2008 10:02 amAwesome collection!
Thanks ;-)
moritzpeuser.de
shaymein
April 15th, 2008 10:10 amnow this is seriously your one of your top posts to date. good compilation and finds. thanks much.
fubar
April 15th, 2008 10:41 amI must be the only one then who wasn’t really inspired by those, but then I don’t see the Ajax a very useful. Too much hype.
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
April 15th, 2008 10:44 am@Frank: here is what you are looking for: http://www.cheathamlane.net/clients/SFCM/flash/index.html.
imaginepaolo
April 15th, 2008 11:00 amGreat article, beautiful resource. In my blog the Italian version… thank you
500rpm
April 15th, 2008 11:07 amThanks for the links. I didn’t know about Lightview, Lightwindow I knew but the image shown tricked me into thinking it had something new going on. Keep it up.
Stevie K
April 15th, 2008 12:11 pmThanks Smashing, it’s like you read my to-do list for work and tended to my needs.
Jared
April 15th, 2008 12:32 pmI modified the accessible news slider plug in and used it for the galleries here Link
Jared
April 15th, 2008 12:33 pmI modified the accessible news slider plug-in a bit and used it for the galleries here Link
I think it made a great accessible solution for the galleries.
Martijn
April 15th, 2008 12:59 pmNice collection agian ;) I Like it.
Ian
April 15th, 2008 1:02 pmGreat list. I love these kinds of posts.
imsraaia
April 15th, 2008 1:52 pmawesome.. list..
Jojo
April 15th, 2008 2:07 pmUnbelievable amazing list. Thanks
Khaled
April 15th, 2008 3:03 pmGold!
Brian Reindel
April 15th, 2008 3:55 pmThank you again for your promotion of the Accessible News Slider. It continues to be the most visited page on my Web site, and developers have shown a real interest in promoting functional accessibility through its use.
@Jared — GREAT JOB!
d’bug @ blog.reindel.com
Justin Young
April 15th, 2008 5:59 pmwhat’s a great collection! Thanks!
bj
April 15th, 2008 6:12 pmwhy are all the images broken?
Jonesy
April 15th, 2008 6:39 pmgreat post (as always).
just thought I would let you know that the MooSlideBox 3 url is not working.
cheers,
jonesy
K.K.Shankar
April 15th, 2008 7:37 pmExcellent Collection of Ajax scripts.
Collect working demos for the above scripts
Farishta
April 15th, 2008 11:07 pmThanks ! i finally found the image gallery i was looking for ! :D
Adrian
April 15th, 2008 11:55 pmGreat list as always!
I’ve been looking for a javascript/ajax gallery that can show .swf-files. I make a lot of banners and It would be great just putting them on the server to show my clients instead of making a html-page everytime.
anti-pixel
April 16th, 2008 1:53 amnothing really new except mooWheel….
Cyril Balit
April 16th, 2008 2:10 amYou can also add Rialto ( http://rialto.improve-technologies.com/wiki/) in this big ajax solution list.
Great work.
Ivan
April 16th, 2008 3:06 amThis is great, I’m glad to see so much MooTools stuff here!
Jav
April 16th, 2008 3:12 amSuper !!
Zain Bayyah
April 16th, 2008 3:50 amGreat Collection…Thanks
justin
April 16th, 2008 4:17 amminiajax.com has a nice layout of some more popular ones as well
Shahbaz Hussain
April 16th, 2008 4:57 amThumbs up!
Gerardo
April 16th, 2008 5:03 amBuenisimo aporte. Gracias !
B.Griffin
April 16th, 2008 5:44 amYou people are an absolute godsend. This was exactly what I needed,
when I needed it. Put me on your list, please.
Thanks again.
B.Griffin
Will
April 16th, 2008 6:21 amReally loved that first one. Looks amazing.
Will
Engage Interactive
J.Berendes
April 16th, 2008 9:58 amGreat collection!
One thing I noticed, you may want to change the Image you are using for “Relay” or blur the bottom right corner.
Naveen
April 16th, 2008 8:25 pmGreat collections……..
Robin
April 17th, 2008 12:43 amIt’s amazing. Very nice.
@Gerado, Coterfield: It would be nice, if you could post your comments in english next time you write one. I’m from Germany.
Mithun P Sreedharan
April 17th, 2008 12:46 amThanks alot!
Quan Do
April 17th, 2008 6:24 amI have to sign up just to say thanks. Great work!
Jagat
April 17th, 2008 8:34 amNice Collection……… Thanks.
Gaurav
April 18th, 2008 7:08 amwow.. am speechless :)
Taha Paksu
April 18th, 2008 2:55 pmExcellent collection. Thank you for sharing
GlenH
April 19th, 2008 7:39 amThis page looks terrible in IE7, all scrunched up into a three-inch wide column on the left. Is it accidental? Or is this one of those IE-bashing sites?
Michael Paul da Rosa
April 19th, 2008 1:16 pmExcellent list!!!! Will be very useful, thankkss!!!
mido
April 22nd, 2008 2:00 amJobs in Middle East, Jobs in Gulf, Jobs in Dubai & Gulf, Jobs in Dubai, Jobs in UAE, jobs in Dubai, Jobs in Iraq, Jobs in Kuwait, Jobs in Jordan, Jobs in Bahrain, Jobs in Algeria, Jobs in Egypt, Jobs in Lebanon, Cairo, Abu Dhabi
الموقع الرائد في توظيف الموارد البشرية بمصر و الدول العربية
فرص عمل ,وظائف شاغرة ,شركات توظيف,وظائف,توظيف,وظيفة,موظف موظفين اعمال,طالب عمل ,مهندس ,دكتور,محاسب,بترول,بنك,وظائف حكومية,سكرتير ,وظائف الامارات,وظائف فرص عمل,وظائف السعودية,وظائف الخليج,وظائف مصر,وظائف الكويت,وظائف دول الخليج,وظائف خاليه,وظائف الدول العربية,البحث عن وظائف,طلب وظائف,مطلوب وظائف,وظائف حكومية,وظائف شاغرة,بحث عن وظائف
cmepthuk
April 23rd, 2008 1:10 amGreat work!
Афигенна чуваг, писши есчо!
Govardhan
June 4th, 2008 8:30 pmI want tp provide multiple sliding date-pickers in a web page.
How can i do it?Caould you please help me regarding this.
tuong cho
July 15th, 2008 5:46 amĐoạn mã này là một cách thông minh để ẩn một phần đối với các đoạn văn bản dài trên trang web, sau đó thêm một liên kết cho phép người dùng ẩn/hiện đoạn văn bản đầy đủ. Đoạn mã này cho phép bạn chọn chiều dài của đoạn văn bản cần ẩn đi trong toàn bộ vùng văn bản.
telddu
July 16th, 2008 4:00 amit’s awesome!! thanks alot
Sanjay Chauhan
July 26th, 2008 3:08 amIt’s world of dynamic collection..
It’s really really… great.. thanks a lot…
tester
September 22nd, 2008 10:13 pmssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
mskumar
October 22nd, 2008 9:23 amVery nice , Thanks
meeee
November 2nd, 2008 5:54 amHello :D
Covina
November 13th, 2008 10:45 amThanks for the effort to put these great scripts together, really a fantastic toolbox!
Ashok
January 23rd, 2009 2:27 amwhat a great stuff
CodeFade
February 10th, 2009 5:46 amThis is awaysome… great list by great people… keep it going guys!
And thanks for the big effort you done on this page and on all scripts.
Chanchal Sakarde
February 18th, 2009 2:00 amis i can get FeedReader type of web application where i can added dynamic feeds link
please send link for it
Thanks in advance
MINESH GHIMIRE
May 13th, 2009 6:45 pmWell the collection is superb for professional use….
thanks !
Marco
February 27th, 2010 1:28 pmSimple, yet effective – just at it should be. Well done!
.-= Marco´s latest Blog Entry – Pure CSS3 bokeh effect with some jQuery help =-.
Jad Limcaco
February 27th, 2010 1:29 pmThanks Marco. I love simplicity. :D
Stanley Diaz
February 27th, 2010 1:29 pmThanks for the wallpaper! Definitely one of my favorite of your daily designs.
Jad Limcaco
February 27th, 2010 1:41 pmYou are welcome Stanley. BTW, just visited your portfolio and it looks nice. You have definitely kept it simple as well but with some really bright colors which I like. :)
Stanley Diaz
February 27th, 2010 1:52 pmThanks Jad. Glad you liked it.
Jad Limcaco
February 27th, 2010 1:53 pmYou’re very welcome Stanley. Keep up the great work!
Nikola Lazarevic
February 27th, 2010 1:30 pmWell done mate. Keep it simple :)
.-= Nikola Lazarevic´s latest Blog Entry – 20 Clean And Modern Free Fonts =-.
Jad Limcaco
February 27th, 2010 1:41 pmThank you Nikola. I’ll definitely keep keeping it simple. LOL!
R
February 27th, 2010 1:35 pmSimplicity is simply irreplaceable…. :)
.-= R´s latest Blog Entry – 30 most awesome Apple inspired concept designs =-.
Jad Limcaco
February 27th, 2010 1:42 pmI agree. Thanks Rich!
Tony
February 27th, 2010 1:37 pmHow about us the wallpaper as a tattoo? Good, friendly reminder always at your side. :)
.-= Tony´s latest Blog Entry – Q&A: A Career in Web Design =-.
Jad Limcaco
February 27th, 2010 1:42 pmHehe, I don’t think so Tony. A wallpaper is a good enough reminder for me. ;)
Axel
February 27th, 2010 1:42 pmThanks, Jad, for this very pretty wallpaper!
And thanks for the mention, too. :)
Keep up the good work!
Jad Limcaco
February 27th, 2010 1:47 pmNo problem Axel. I’ll definitely try to keep it up. BTW, thanks again for the idea! :D
Oh, and by the way, if you all enjoyed this wallpaper, then you need to check out Simple Desktops. It’s one of my favorite places for simple and minimalistic desktop wallpapers.
Philip Brunner
February 27th, 2010 1:47 pmThis bacronym has always been a little ironic to me. It makes me laugh. I love the wallpaper though!
Jad Limcaco
February 27th, 2010 1:50 pmHey Philip! Yeah, it definitely is a little ironic.
Nice word though. I had to look it up for the definition.
Backronym – a phrase constructed after the fact to make an existing word or words into an acronym. Backronyms may be invented with serious or humorous intent, or may be a type of false or folk etymology.
Thanks for the compliment on the wallpaper.
Aidan
February 28th, 2010 9:28 pmNice. I think it would be even awesome if you wrote a step by step tutorial on how to create this beautiful wallpaper.
.-= Aidan´s latest Blog Entry – 80 Extreme Advertisements That Will Challenge Your Mind =-.
Jad Limcaco
March 1st, 2010 7:00 pmHi, it’s actually quite simple. I just typed up the text, masked out parts of it, then added those diagonal lines. :)
Robert
February 27th, 2010 2:40 pmI am so loving the wallpaper and the new site design!
.-= Robert´s latest Blog Entry – Sites Of The Week =-.
Jad Limcaco
February 27th, 2010 3:44 pmThanks Robert. I really appreciate your kind words.
Codesquid
February 27th, 2010 2:51 pmI am adopting the ‘Keep it simple, stupid!’ in my blog redesign, and it’s already getting the result I wanted! I think to be able to keep things simple without making them appear boring is the mark of a great designer!
.-= Codesquid´s latest Blog Entry – CSS3 rainbow =-.
Jad Limcaco
February 27th, 2010 3:46 pmHi, glad to read that you are taking the same approach as well.
I definitely agree with that. Just because something is minimal and simple does not mean it is well designed. It’s a hard thing to design, but once you get it down, then it simply is a thing of beauty.
Lee Gustin
February 27th, 2010 4:38 pmGreat idea Jad. I always look forward to Abduzeedo’s wallpapers every week; and now I have two to look forward to. Keep up the great work!
.-= Lee Gustin´s latest Blog Entry – Love Is All Around Us =-.
Jad Limcaco
March 1st, 2010 10:38 amHey Lee, that’s great! Definitely look out for the “Wallpaper of the Week.” It’s actually an older series here are Design Informer, but have just paused it for a little bit but it’s finally back. :)
Tom - Airopia
February 28th, 2010 1:32 pmNice wallpaper. I live by the “KISS” philosophy, as I am a minimalist.
.-= Tom – Airopia´s latest Blog Entry – 14 Free Vector Musical Graphics =-.
Jad Limcaco
March 1st, 2010 10:40 amThat’s glad to hear Tom. I’m thrilled that you like the wallpaper.
Janko
March 1st, 2010 1:05 amNice one, Jad. I prefer darker backgrounds so I like the black version :)
.-= Janko´s latest Blog Entry – Ultimate guide to table UI patterns =-.
Jad Limcaco
March 1st, 2010 11:15 amHey Janko, me too! Light backgrounds are usually not my thing as well.
Tinu
March 1st, 2010 8:54 amNice Wallpaper.
Jad Limcaco
March 1st, 2010 11:19 amThanks!
Monji
March 1st, 2010 8:56 amThis is a motto I try to live by, though I often times find myself making things complex/confusing anyways. Like you, I also applied the same principle to my blog design as well, though I may have taken it too far by restricting the colors so much.
.-= Monji´s latest Blog Entry – 35 Great Logo Designs You Can Buy Right Now =-.
zanzu7
March 1st, 2010 10:56 amHi Jad, thanks for sharing this beautiful wallpaper. Truly, Simplicity is Beauty!
Jad Limcaco
March 2nd, 2010 1:56 amThanks Zanzu. You are definitely right about that!
Billy
March 1st, 2010 10:59 amWell, thats neat !
.-= Billy´s latest Blog Entry – Once again it’s all about common courtesy! =-.
Jad Limcaco
March 2nd, 2010 1:55 amHey Billy, thanks! BTW, keep up the great work with your blog.
Ajay Talwar
March 10th, 2010 4:07 amBeautiful wallpaper! Much appreciated.
.-= Ajay Talwar´s latest Blog Entry – 15 Free, New and Fresh Social Media Icon Sets =-.
Ravikumar V.
March 10th, 2010 11:01 pmsimple article !!
boomer
September 10th, 2010 11:08 pmSimple idea, simple design, simple wallpaper but a deep impact to whoever who reads it (or needs the advice)