Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: June 2010

• By The Smashing Editorial
• May 31st, 2010
• Wallpapers
• 199 Comments

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 60 free desktop wallpapers, created by designers across the globe. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free. Windows 7 Theme of June Calendars.

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 2010?

2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa

Designed by Davide Vicariotto from Italy.

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Au revoir!

"So long! Farewell!" Designed by April Joy E. Jasmin from Philippines.

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Children’s Day

Designed by Berenika Kołaczyńska from Poland.

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Seagull

Designed by Indeziner from Romania.

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Infinite Summer

Designed by Andrei Verner from Russia.

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City Girl

"The City Girl series is a collection of digital illustrations utilizing original hand-drawn characters, photography and photoshop rendering. Inspired by the sassy, confident women I’ve encountered in Toronto, each illustration represents a friend, a co-worker or simply someone I admire. Pictured here is J.M. Frey, a science fiction author living and working just outside the city, and one of my dearest friends." Designed by Jennifer Herd from Canada.

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Live design

Designed by Klement Grgić from Croatia.

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Beautiful Brazil

"One of the 365 islands off the coast of Brazil with incredible marine life. Fresh sea urchins were lunch that day." Designed by Amy Rollo from USA.

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Midnight Moon

"These are the pyramid and ruins at Chichen Itza in Mexico." Designed by Dan King from USA.

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Sunset Boy

"Dedicated for my wife, the boy illustration as our son. The son is special gift in our wedding since june 2 years ago." Designed by Hendra Ruswandi from Indonesia.

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Soundwarfare

"A wallpaper dedicated to the power of sound, destroying the dancefloor and make everyone dance." Designed by Dave from Germany.

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You Give Me Butterflies

"Another photograph this month – I titled it “You Give Me Butterflies” – this actually received a “Daily Deviation” on DeviantART, a lot of members said they put it as their desktop wallpaper as it made them feel happy, so I thought maybe this might make a nice wallpaper for June. :)" Designed by Olivia Bell from England, UK.

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Boots were made for walking

"Boots were made for walking. Walking until you find the perfect photo." Designed by Carol Linden and Zé Christäo from Brazil.

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Golden Field

"This a shot I took last year just in June when the fields are full of golden wheat, so I think it suits well this month’s wallpaper. I hope you enjoy it!" Designed by Ada Panich from Italy.

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Hockey

"With the Stanley Cup Finals this month, I thought it fitting to roll out a Hanson bros. wallpaper. If you haven’t seen Slapshot, see it. One of the greatest sports movies of all time." Designed by Dan Sweet from USA.

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Juno

"Inspired my the Roman goddess, Juno" Designed by Kristin Richey from United States.

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June nights on my planet

"When I don´t like the world around me, I make up my own universe." Designed by Miguel Ángel Mateo from Spain.

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It wasn’t me

"Actually there no special meaning behind that wallpaper. :) I just had this idea of a cute monkey character and this is what came out of it. ;)" Designed by Nicole Bauer from Germany.

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Back To The Drawing Board

"A lot of articles and web vids floating around the design community have been dealing with learning from mistakes. Somedays you just have to go back to the drawing board. But hey, at least you still have a sweet robot to show for it!" Designed by Laura Huser from USA.

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The Garden

Designed by Pietje Precies from The Netherlands.

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Spring to Summer

"”Spring to Summer”… Inspired by the end of spring and early summer.I used simple elements of nature such as trees, grass, flowers, butterflies and thebeautiful blue summer sky. I think it’s simple and pleasing to the eye at the same time. Enjoy yourself!. beautiful blue summer sky. I think it’s simple and pleasing to the eye at the same time. Enjoy yourself!." Designed by Natanael Fernández from Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana.

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South Africa 2010

"The FIFA 2010 World Cup is about to kick off in South Africa. The whole nation has prepared itself for the biggest sporting event ever to brace African shores. As we get ready to welcome not only the teams but also all the international guests, we are all embracing the festivity!" Designed by Graham Holtshausen from South Africa.

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Cat

"Tiggle the tummy of the tumbling cat!" Designed by Chris Alexander (Yipori) from England.

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Vulkan

"I’ve always been fascinated with volcanoes, so the recent events in Iceland with Eyjafjallajökull was the main inspiration for this wallpaper." Designed by Viveca Forsblom Ljungdahl from Sweden.

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In Bloom Illustration

Designed by Katie Crawford from USA.

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Rays Of Hope

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." Designed by Pooja Taneja from India.

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In Montevideo

"Montevideo, small city in South America«s south, was born as a natural port. Today, almost 300 years after, the port is not as natural as was. Yet, being a little city, the nature keeps being its main presence, between sky and sea (actually it is a huge river)" Designed by Gustavo Hiriart from Uruguay.

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Frog Attitude Calendar

Designed by Benoit Chartron from France.

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In The Woods

"Another photograph this month – completely different to my usual photography which is light, pastel-y etc but I got great feedback on it and thought it might be a nice desktop wallpaper for those who like something darker! Happy June! :)" Designed by Olivia Bell from England, UK.

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A Brighter June

"Past few months have seen neumerous Natural disasters. Here’s wishing a brighter and happier June." Designed by Ritika from India.

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The Flowers of June

"Macro photography of a budding chive flower. All chive flowers are edible and make beauitful and fun additions to your food!" Designed by Diana Robinson from USA & Canada.

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La Solitudine

"Lonely waiting for the girl to come. Will she?" Designed by Carol Linden and Zé Christäo from Brazil.

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Volga River

Designed by Evgeniy Lyaschuk from Russia.

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Work Turns to Play

"Summer is here and once work is over, it’s time to get outside and enjoy the sun!" Designed by thunder::tech from USA.

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Freedom’s Flame

"Celebrating the Philippines’ Independence Day" Designed by Dsaurus from The Philippines.

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From Where The Summer Rains Come

"Why not this explanation ?!" Designed by Eugenie Huard from California, USA.

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Early Summer Sky

Designed by Peilin from Taiwan.

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Go Green

"World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June every year in more than 100 countries.I designed this wallpaper to remind people to be mindful of and sensitive to the natural environment in our daily life. The main objective of this wallpaper is to increase the awareness of environmental issues that affect the future of the planet.Going green is not as difficult as we think…" Designed by Neelam Asrani from India.

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Simplicity

"Wanted to keep it simple this time." Designed by Wouter Sioen from Belgium.

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Seagull Sunset

"A beautiful sunset by the ocean." Designed by Dan King from USA.

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Seagulls fly

"Seagulls fly to show us that summer has finally arrived and it’s time to go to the beach." Designed by Carol Linden and Zé Christäo from Brazil.

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Cloud Maker

"What started out as just curly stalks, ended up into a stalk woman making clouds. She’s a cloud maker!" Designed by Bree a.k.a Designhobo from USA.

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Do What You Want

"The weather is good and school is out. June is a month to do whatever tickles your fancy." Designed by Katie Garcia from UK.

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Bridge Works

"Bridge Works was created from an image that I took crossing the Mississippi River." Designed by Steven M. Walper from USA.

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Hoarding

"For those who like carrots." Designed by Rob Scott from South Africa.

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Summer Sunrise

"A beautiful summer sunrise wallpaper, to keep us reminded that the summer has just begun and we better make the best of it!" Designed by Ragnar Võrel from Estonia.

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Hello, Summer!

"The sun is rising higher and shining brighter. The waves are crashing and the kids are playing. What a beautiful season. Hello, Summer!" Designed by Nathan Haas of BlackbarnMedia from USA.

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Slummingbird

"This graphic (and calendar) are about keeping busy and active. For some people, this season is when you relax and let loose… for those like myself, the summer is the busiest time of year for design." Designed by William Hawke Bassignani from USA.

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Wavular

"Inspired by the ice bar at Hotel Twentyseven in Copenhagen." Designed by Design Kompany from USA.

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Bokeh State of Mind

"A bokeh state of mind, calm and confused at the same time, One of the most weird state of minds. Tried to give this wallpaper a scattered bookeh look with a warm and dull color to match up to the feel of the state of mind." Designed by cheth from India.

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You Are Unlimited

Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.

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June Sentense

"Just motivating sentence for June :)" Designed by Temeshi from Poland.

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Think Different

"I’m just excited about the Apple WWDC10 conference taking place in June :D So I choose this to be my theme for June.." Designed by Abdullah Al-Haqbani from Saudi Arabia.

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Bike

"A lonely bike waiting fot someone to take it to a never ending summer." Designed by Carol Linden and Zé Christäo from Brazil.

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Stoneblocks

"During one of my trips/photosessions I’ve taken this picture of an old pavement made of stoneblocks. Beautiful contrast of new life bursting trough cold stone and finding its way trough really inspired me." Designed by Vladislav Saling from Slovakia.

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Curly Hair Girl

"Inspired by some photographs I saw of beautifully curled hair – a bit random but I hope you like it. Happy June!" Designed by Rosanna Bell from England, UK.

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Sweet June

"Add sweetness to your summer" Designed by Oxana Kostromina from Poland/Russia.

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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 this month? Please let us know in the comments! And have a smashing June, folks!