i’m so thrilled to end this week with a new d*s desktop wallpaper from portland artist, betsy walton. betsy was kind enough to work on a pretty quick-turnaround for this project and i’m so happy to have to started my week in portland and ended it with an amazing portland artist. betsy has created three…
today is the first day of july (why is the summer flying by so quickly?) and it also marks the 11th month of the d*s desktop wallpaper series that kicked off with deanne cheuk last august. i’m thrilled to have one of my fellow design by the book team members joining us for this month’s…
yesterday i was flying (or rather, being bumped about next to a kicking toddler) on a puddle jumper plane home from virginia so i wasn’t able to get the new d*s desktop wallpaper up in time. so today i’m happy to be sharing a brand new (free!) downloadable desktop wallpaper from one of my favorite…
i seriously can’t believe that it’s already may (where has the first half of the year gone??) but i’m excited that it means it’s time for a new d*s desktop wallpaper! this month we’re being treated to a beautiful water-themed wallpaper from one of my favorite people around: amy ruppel. amy’s work always makes me…
i can’t believe it’s already april, but that means that it’s time for a new d*s desktop wallpaper! this month the lovely karen combs of nama rococo wallpaper is sharing a calendar and non-calendar design with us, as well as some fun downloadable artwork just for fun. i love the rich oranges she used in…
i can’t believe it’s march already (2010 is seriously flying by!) but that means it’s time for a new d*s desktop wallpaper from one of my favorite artists: wayne pate! i’ve been following wayne’s work at good shape design since he launched that adorable bird print in 2007 and have really enjoyed him grow and…
today i’m thrilled to to welcome nate duval to the growing family of artists who’ve been kind enough to donate their time and artwork to the d*s desktop wallpaper project. i’m a huge fan of nate’s work so i was thrilled when he agreed to create a design for february 2010. in addition to the…
it’s january and that means it’s time for a new d*s desktop calendar! this month’s design comes from one of my favorite artists, julia rothman. julia was kind enough to create two versions of her illustration for us, one with a calendar and one without. you can download both sizes (with and without a calendar)…
today i’m so thrilled to end the week with a special (digital) gift: a new d*s desktop wallpaper from one of my favorite artists of all time: jen corace. jen was one of the first people i wrote about when i started d*s and i’ll never forget how nervous i was to record a podcast…
i can’t believe that it’s already november (where has this year gone?) but that means it’s time for a new d*s desktop wallpaper! this month designer/artist camilla engman is our guest artist and she’s created a truly beautiful series of wallpaper designs with and without dates. i love the way the dates run across the…
good morning! i seriously can’t believe that it’s already october (where has this year gone?), but i’m thrilled that it means a new free d*s desktop wallpaper! and this month we have a wonderfully october-themed (halloween!) series of wallpapers from pattern designer dan funderburgh! i am a huge fan of dan’s work (and home) so…
today i’m thrilled to introduce our second free d*s desktop wallpaper design for 2009- a beautiful design by lena corwin! we hit a tiny snag with the timing, so my apologies for the delay, but today we’re back on track and lena is sharing 2 beautiful desktop wallpaper designs with us, based on her popular…
this month marks the 5 year anniversary of design*sponge and i can hardly believe that it’s been that long! when i started d*s i was working a full-time job and felt that my life was really missing the sort of passion and connections with like-minded people that i desired. ac suggested i start a blog…
