The Holiday Wallpaper Competition Winners
December 23, 2009 // The Desktop Wallpaper Project

Well it’s two days before Christmas which makes me realize that I should have had this contest a little sooner. Nonetheless I’ve got three amazing wallpapers for you by three very talented folks… well two of them are folks.

The winning wallpaper comes from a fellow named Luke Pearson who’s an illustrator currently studying at Loughborough University in the UK. I had never seen Luke’s work before but he tweeted something about entering the contest, so I checked out his work and I was really impressed. Thankfully he ended up participating and entered the amazing wallpaper you see at top.

I think this sums up the holidays extremely well. Everyone’s in a hurry, you’ve always got a million things in your suitcase and you try to jam everything into your already over-crowded schedule. Plus I feel like it’s a wallpaper that’s still appropriate even for the next few weeks. Congrats Luke!

Coming second place was Hendra Permana, an Indonesian designer/illustrator who came up with a clever way of detaching from your computer. I also love the little icon of the Santa riding the bike, which is the focus of the iPhone wallpaper as well. Good job Hendra, you totally nailed it.

I decided to create a third place winner as well because I loved their wallpaper so much. It’s from a group of Hawaiin desginers who call themselves Humanhand. They created a very pretty wallpaper that sums up a Hawaiian holiday beautifully. In good conscience I couldn’t let this amazing wallpaper be wasted.

I hope you enjoy these wallpapers, have a wonderful Holiday no matter what you do or don’t celebrate. I have a present waiting for you on Friday, a present that’s long overdue.

Bobby

  1. Thats great, thanks a lot

    Comment by Broshiing — December 23, 2009 #

  2. Great choices! The middle one’s going on my work monitors.
    Hey, happy holidays, Bobby!

    Comment by Al aka El Negro Magnifico — December 23, 2009 #

  3. Nice selection and nice finds. Luke Pearson’s work makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Gots to say I likes it.

    Comment by drop_shadow — December 23, 2009 #

  4. I’ve got Hendra’s up! Good pick indeed :)

    Comment by Mike — December 23, 2009 #

  5. Hi,

    Thank you for doing this contest. I have been looking forward to these wallpapers, and you did not let me down!

    Happy Holidays. I’m looking forward to 2010 at kitsunenoir.com.

    Comment by Jay Sennett — December 23, 2009 #

  6. Is the typeface used in Hendra Permana’s wallpaper the same one Pimm’s uses for their logo? My most amateur self has been trying to identify it for a minute now….

    Comment by adam. — December 23, 2009 #

  7. Congrats to Luke! He’s a pal of mine, and has contributed to my magazine, so I love to see his work appreciated. Humanhand’s is great as well! Happy Holidays to all!

    Comment by Elizabeth — December 23, 2009 #

  8. Love Hendra’s! Would love to see more of her work.

    Comment by Elizabeth — December 23, 2009 #

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  10. Hendra, U did it again! Peace from Indonesia!

    Comment by DIKA — December 24, 2009 #

  11. Great results, thanks KN, thanks everybody else!

    Comment by richiee — December 24, 2009 #