I like maps, and maps of the world are my favourites. So seeing blaberize.com do a feature on desktop world wallpapers has made my friday. Here’s a pick of some of the best, but make sure you visit http://blaberize.com/2009/10/15-really-cool-world-map-wallpapers/ for the whole bunch.
I like fonts, I’m not quite a typography nut, but I do appreciate the brilliant influence that typography can have on design. So this post is all about typography, looking at three quite different angles.
1 – Toast
As well as typography, I love toast, hot taost with melted butter, mmmmm, the breakfast of choice (as you may have noticed). So lets mix typography and toast say the people at handmadefont.com
Seen on: bblinks.blogspot.com, originally at www.handmadefont.com
2 – Cheese
Unlike toast, I hate cheese. And it hates me. I have a ‘cheese face’ to prove it. But, there is a connection with fonts and cheese, their names are often indistinguishable. @mogrify noticed this and decided to test the world on their cheese and font knowledge and built Cheese or Font.
Seen on: www.swiss-miss.com and originally at: cheeseorfont.mogrify.org
3 – Wallpaper
I wish I had more computer screens so I could show more desktop wallpaper. If I had 40 screens I could have a different typography wallpaper on each one courtesy of www.1stwebdesigner.com. It’s an excellent collection, and make me want to print them all out as postcards and stick them around my desk.
Found by: dainix on designbump.com, originally at: www.1stwebdesigner.com
Smashing Magazine have their usual monthly wallpaper showcase, and this month there’s 60 to choose from, with some really strong entries.
This month I’ve picked the “creative spark” design by Vinod Batus from India. “The entire concept of this art came out when i was playing around with various photoshop brushes. The effect came in so beautifully that i instantly named it Creative Spark.”. Many thanks Vinod andof course to Smashing Magazine! Maybe one day I’ll submit my own entry…
