We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one—desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd.

This creativity mission has been going on for over five years now, and we are very thankful to all the designers who have contributed and are still diligently contributing each month. This post features free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe for July 2013. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free. It’s time to freshen up your wallpaper!

Please note that:

• All images can be clicked on 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?

Only one

Designed by Elise Vanoorbeek from Belgium

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Spectate

Designed by Tekstografika from Russia

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Sweet summer

Designed by Yuliia Bahniuk from Ukraine

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The 4th of July

Designed by Pat Buenaobra from Philippines

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Mason Jar

“Make the days count this summer!” — Designed by Meghan Pascarella from USA

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Love is caring

“Love is caring.” — Designed by Zanetine Web Design from India

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Celebrate Freedom

This wallpaper encourages you to appreciate and celebrate the country’s freedom as well as your own! Designed by Marina Zhukov from USA

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Tanabata Festival

Designed by Evacomics from Japan

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The Highest

Designed by Bogdan Zinchenko from Ukraine

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World Ufo Day

“The holiday dedicated to those who study the phenomena that have no logical explanation, and the objects, which is attributed to an extraterrestrial origin.” — Designed by cheloveche.ru from Russia

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Cute Birds

“Vector illustration of cute birds” — Designed by Brykova Yuliia from Ukraine

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Hola Quintilis

Designed by Logan Holy from Indonesia

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Hot Air Balloon

Designed by Studcréa from France

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Wimbledon 2013 RF

“Inspired by Roger Federer and the most famous tennis grand slam. I created this wallpaper to pay homage to one of the greatest tennis players and what he may achieve this year.” — Designed by Jeremiah Selengia from U.S.A

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Canada Day

“July 1st is Canada Day!” — Designed by Jen Riehle from USA/Canada

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Aurora diamond globe

“Left overs from some ideas that did not made it into projects. My debut here in monthly wallpapers.” — Designed by Henning Stein from Germany

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Kite

Designed by Katerina Bobkova from Ukraine

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Walk in the sun

Designed by Justyna Dominika from Poland

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Join In Next Month!

Please note that we respect and carefully consider the ideas and motivation behind each and every artist’s work. This is why we give all artists the full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience throughout their works. This is also why the themes of the wallpapers weren’t anyhow influenced by us, but rather designed from scratch by the artists themselves.

A big thank you to all the designers for their participation. Join in next month!

What’s Your Favorite?

What’s your favorite theme or wallpaper for this month? Please let us know in the comment section below.

© The Smashing Editorial for Smashing Magazine, 2013.

The Dorothy Sucher Memorial Internship is awarded annually to an outstanding college-level or graduate student interested in supporting the work of the Greenbelt Museum. The internship was established in 2012 by Dr. Joseph Sucher to commemorate the life and work of Dorothy Sucher, who initiated the founding of the Greenbelt Museum with a letter to the editor of the Greenbelt News Review in 1972. “Greenbelt,” she wrote, “was built during the Great Depression as an expression of the philosophy behind the New Deal. What better place could be found in which to create a museum devoted to that significant period in our nation’s history?” Mrs. Sucher went on to become one of the Museum’s founders and to serve on its Board of Directors. She was also a psychotherapist, an author, and a reporter for the Greenbelt News Review, through which she was involved in a landmark Supreme Court case that defended the freedom of the press.

The Dorothy Sucher Memorial Internship is to be completed at the Greenbelt Museum, located at 10B Crescent Road in Greenbelt, Maryland, and at the Museum staff office in the Greenbelt Community Center at 15 Crescent Road. It will further the mission of the Museum, which is to serve as a community museum that provides gateways to the New Deal history and living legacy of Greenbelt, Maryland and to inspire residents, students and visitors to explore this planned cooperative community. Through this generous gift from Dr. Sucher, the Dorothy Sucher Memorial Intern will receive a stipend of $1,000. For more information about the Dorothy Sucher Memorial Internship, contact the Greenbelt Museum at 301-507-6582 or e-mail museum@greenbeltmd.gov.

 Internship Description

The Dorothy Sucher Memorial Intern will assist the Museum Director and the Education/Volunteer Coordinator with the planning and execution of educational programs, collections care and cataloging, maintenance of the historic house, performing historical research, and administrative tasks such as responding to inquiries, maintaining membership records, and other duties as assigned. While clerical work is part of the position, there will be opportunities for creative thinking and substantive contributions to the work of the Museum. 

Desired Qualifications

The ideal candidate should have an interest in one or more of these areas: 20th century American history, the New Deal, the Great Depression, World War II, housing history, architecture, planning, and decorative arts and design. S/he must be a currently enrolled college or graduate student, and must be able to meet the physical demands of the position, which may include scaling stairs while carrying collections objects, climbing a stepladder, and sitting and standing for long periods of time.  

The Dorothy Sucher Memorial Intern will be professional, organized, motivated, and have strong writing and communication skills. Adeptness at multitasking is a must, as is the ability to work independently. Knowledge of 20^th century American history and museum experience are helpful but not required.

Compensation

The Dorothy Sucher Memorial Intern will receive a stipend of $1,000, which will be disbursed in two installments. The first payment of $500 will be made after the Intern has completed 80 hours of work, and the second payment will be made after the 160 internship hours have been completed. Once the Intern is selected, s/he and the Museum Director will agree upon an internship schedule.   

 How to Apply

Completed applications must be submitted by July 15. The following materials are required:

§  A completed internship application form

§  A one-page personal statement describing your reasons for seeking an internship at the Greenbelt Museum and what you hope to gain from the experience

§  Résumé detailing your experience, career interests, and internship goals

§  Contact information for two references

Applicants will be notified of the Museum’s decision by August 16. 

Submit completed application by mail or e-mail by July 15 to:

Megan Searing Young, Curator/Director of Historical Programs

Greenbelt Museum

PO Box 1025

Greenbelt, MD 20768

museum@greenbeltmd.gov 

301-507-6582

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.

Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.

To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot

Luma7 could be your personal brainstorming assistant http://depot.ly/msW0Y

Nature is lovely http://depot.ly/msUkc  National Geographic 2013 Traveler Contest

Building a Web App From Scratch in AngularJS http://depot.ly/msVam  *Good tips via @nettuts

Inspiring books for designers http://depot.ly/msUSF  via @mirkohumbert

Imgur, Reddit’s favorite image-sharing service, launches its own meme generator tool http://depot.ly/msUgT

Motorola logo and re-branding http://depot.ly/mqWWS  Like it?

20 Adobe Illustrator Tips, Tricks & Resources for Designing for Web in Illustrator http://depot.ly/mqSw3

Microsoft Makes 3-D Printing As Simple As Clicking “Print” http://depot.ly/mqSrf

Amazing black & white photography by Benoit Courti http://depot.ly/mqNv3

Google Glass Predicted to Be “The Next iPhone” http://depot.ly/mqRPP

Sit Down And Shut Up: How To Rescue Your Clients From Their Own Bad Taste http://depot.ly/mqPI5  True, true from @NoupeMag

Making Sass talk to JavaScript with JSON http://depot.ly/moxNn  *Cool tips

How to set up your first .io domain (with Heroku) http://depot.ly/moxFt  *Nice article from @leemunroe

Should You Be Working From Home in 2013 or 2014? http://depot.ly/moxdY

Advanced Unit Testing Techniques in JavaScript http://depot.ly/mowEK  via @nettuts

ChocoToy’s illustrations are explosions of color and creativity http://depot.ly/mowuM

New from Envato: Microlancer, a Design Services Marketplace http://depot.ly/mm94o

Google Takes Street View Images From The Tallest Building In The World At Dubai’s Burj Khalifa http://depot.ly/mm8QE

Famous quotes as posters http://depot.ly/mi9cx

Apple Allowed Developers to Test a Prerelease Mac Pro Hidden Inside a Metal Box http://depot.ly/mi93A

 Want more? No problem! Keep track of all our tweets by following us @DesignerDepot

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Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.

The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.

These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.

So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons.

Feel free to leave your comments and suggestions below as well as any related stories of your own…

The blogger exception

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Bad budget

Can you relate to these situations? Please share your funny stories and comments below…

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Brian Brown ’13, M21, biochemistry and molecular biology, will travel to Germany next week to attend the 63rd Annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

The meeting, which will be held June 30- July 5, will bring thirty-five Nobel Laureates together to meet the next generation of leading scientists and researchers. More than 600 young researchers from nearly 80 countries will attend.

‘‘I am impressed and carried away by the competence, curiosity and energy of the young participants – networking, discussing, asking the right questions. This makes me think confidently about the perspectives of a global scientific community’’, said Hartmut Michel, a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.

Brown attended UMBC as a Meyerhoff Scholar and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies. He twice received UMBC Undergraduate Research Awards. This fall, he will begin pursuing his M.D./Ph.D. at the New York University School of Medicine.

Reposted from the UMBC News Blog. Read the full release.