A simple but very useful shortcut: if you’re looking at a set of Google Image search results, you can drag any image from the results to the area near the search box to make it the new subject of a search. More »
The view from your computer may not be ideal, but even if you can’t see the world in reality you can easily shift your desktop to another part of the glove with a great image. Here are our favourite worldwide wallpapers. We’ve got a lot this week! More »
Our featured wallpapers have used images and text separately, but today they’re using text to create images. Here are some of our favourite typographic wallpapers to bring some lively words to your desktop. More »
Finding the image you’re looking for can be a little difficult at times, but Google’s similar image search is often a big help. If you don’t have a similar image, however, the mouthful-of-a-web-app titled “Unofficial Google Image Search by Drawing” will let you quickly sketch what you’re looking for and use it as a search query. More »
Some of the best wallpapers we discover come from our readers finding great images or creating their own. These wallpapers don’t always fit into a category, and so the reader wallpaper pack was created. This is our fourth. Come and check out some great images from your fellow readers. More »
Windows: Ever find a great image but then forget which site it was on? Using CacheCopy, you can automatically rip images from your browser cache into a folder of your choice to keep a permanent copy. More »
Water is calm, cool and relaxing, making it a fine source of imagery for your desktop. Here are some of our favourite wallpapers from above the water’s surface and under the sea. More »
Personalising your desktop starts with customising your wallpaper. Finding wallpapers for your desktop isn’t difficult, but everyone has an opinion about which sites offer the best selection of wallpapers for high-resolution displays, multiple for screens, or with the best imagery. Here are five of the best wallpaper resources, based on your nominations. More »
Although it may seem like a weird focus for wallpaper, signs are made up of simple and communicative imagery and that works well on your desktop. Here are some of our favourite wallpapers that make use of signs that send a message. More »
Mac: When you find an image you find particularly inspiring, you often want to save it. If you save a lot of these images, they can be hard to sort through and find as needed. That’s where Sparkbox can help. It’s a repository for your creative inspiration. More »