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State of the Art:: Desktop Wallpapers

William Jon McCann

2008-05-29

About this Series

Each article in this series will observe an aspect of design in contemporary graphical operating system products. The intention is for these observations to serve as a baseline for discussion and facilitate consideration of the relationships between products. It is specifically not the aim of this series to provide analysis or make recommendations for action directly.

About this Article

In this article we will observe the desktop wallpapers (backgrounds) that are included by default in a selection of well known products.

Microsoft Windows

Windows XP October 2001

Wallpapers

Ascent Autumn Azul Bliss Crystal

Follow Friend Home Moon Flower Power

Purple Flower Radiance Red moon desert Ripple Stonehenge

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Tulips Vortec Space Wind Windows XP

Notes:

Location C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper

Format JPEG, BMP

Dimensions 800 600

License Proprietary

Sources and Methods http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/features/2007/02/autumn200702?printable=true&currentPage=all

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_(image)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_(image)http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/features/2007/02/autumn200702?printable=true&currentPage=allhttp://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows XP_Professional_English_9e8a2f82-c320-4301-869f-839a853868a1.pdfhttp://flickr.com/photos/25087205@N02/2368488189/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/25087205@N02/2368489583/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/25087205@N02/2368491007/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/25087205@N02/2369326874/in/photostream/

Windows Vista January 2007

Windows Wallpapers

Black and White

img1Peter deLory

The Image BankGetty Images

img2Nicholas Veasey

Photographer's ChoiceGetty Images

img3Jean-Francois Gate

StoneGetty Images

img4Alan Kearney

TaxiGetty Images

Light Auras

img25Microsoft 2006

img26Microsoft 2006

img27Microsoft 2006

img28Microsoft 2006

img29Microsoft 2006

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Paintings

img12Corbis

img13Corbis

img14Corbis

img15Corbis

Textures

img5Microsoft Corp

img6Microsoft Corp

img7Darrell Gulin/Corbis

img8Microsoft 2006

img9Chuck Kuhn Photography

The Image BankGetty Images

img10Rosemary Calvert

StoneGetty Images

img11Dana Menussi

Stone+Getty Images

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Vistas

img16

Walter BibikowTaxi

Getty Images

img17

Dr. Robert MunteferingThe Image Bank

Getty Images

img18Microsoft Corp 2006

img19Mark Lewis

StoneGetty Images

img20Microsoft Corp 2006

img21Microsoft Corp 2006

img22Microsoft Corp 2006

img23George Lepp

The Image BankGetty Images

img24Microsoft Corp 2006

http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333245207/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333245259/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333245333/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2334072118/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2334072224/in/set-72157604116660538/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2334072284/in/set-72157604116660538/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2334072364/in/set-72157604116660538/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333245763/in/set-72157604116660538/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333245809/in/set-72157604116660538/

Sample Pictures

Autumn Leaves CreekAltrendo Nature

AltrendoGetty Images

Desert Landscape Dock ForestDarrell GulinPhotodisc RedGetty Images

Forest Flowers Frangipani FlowersKevin Forest

Photodisc GreenGetty Images

Garden Green Sea Turtle Humpback Whale

Oryx Antelope Toco Toucan Tree Waterfall Winter Leaves

http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333243261/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2334070312/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333243445/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2334070460/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333243633/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333243723/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2334070644/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333243855/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333243927/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333244039/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333244155/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2334071054/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2334071160/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2334071244/in/photostream/http://flickr.com/photos/8546982@N07/2333244555/in/photostream/

Notes:

Location C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper

Format JPEG

Dimensions 19201440, 19201200 (widescreen)

Total size 46,022,656 bytes

License Proprietary

Sources and Methods http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070126/finding-vista-wallpapers/ http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070203/interview-hamad-darwish/ http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=161254 http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/01/25/1529570.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/design/Culture/Master.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/design/Culture/Master.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/01/25/1529570.aspxhttp://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=161254http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070203/interview-hamad-darwish/http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070126/finding-vista-wallpapers/http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows Vista_Home Basic_English_2cd69850-7680-4987-8b1e-59a3d405c074.pdf

Apple Mac OS

OS X Leopard October 2007

Apple Images

Aqua Blue Aqua Graphite Classic Aqua Blue Classic Aqua Graphite

Flow 1

Flow 2 Flow 3Jaguar Aqua Blue Jaguar Aqua Graphite Lines Blue

Lines Graphite Lines Moss Lines Plum Panther Aqua Blue Panther Aqua Graphite

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Ripples Blue Ripples Moss Ripples Purple Small Ripples Small Ripples graphite

Tiles Blue Tiles Pine Tiles Grey

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