I’d designed a Diamond Icon as a club special for January, and when club members asked if I would like expand and make it a series I thought it was a brilliant idea! So during 2012, Club Members will receive a gem icon each month.

I have so much fun when I do research around design and art projects, and gem stones turned out to be fascinating! So before I go back to designing the an amethyst for February, here’s what I wrote about the garnet in the January Monthly for club members:

Garnet. The Birthstone for January

Garnet, one of the oldest gemstones in human history, dates back to Ancient Egypt. The shape of a Garnet resembles a rounded grain, and it derives its name from the Latin word granum, meaning grain or seed, or granatus, which means pomegranate, because its dark red stones resemble the seeds of a pomegranate.

The glowing, deep red of the garnet indicates the connection with love, passion, energy, sensuality, courage and desire. Garnet is the stone of passionate devotion. To your family, your friends, yourself, and to your purpose or goals.

Garnets are thought to spark creativity, positive energy and self-confidence and bring success to one’s career or business. Because of its healing and guiding power, the garnet has been a popular talisman carried by many travelers. And as if all that wasn’t enough, the garnet is said to bring luck!

The garnet has a wealthy history and is surrounded by legends, from Persephone to Noah. In Indian mythology, the garnet represents Kundalini, the fire of eternal metamorphosis. It’s been used by Native Americans, crusaders, pregnant women in Ancient Rome, and by kings and queens.

Now you can put it on your desktop and let it represent something that is deeply meaningful to you.

Tags: birthstones, gems, red, white, winter

Espresso Wallpaper

Espresso Wallpaper. Rich and intense like the promise of a fresh cup of espresso and a piece of chocolate! A geometric design inspired by the golden ratio or divine section (Latin: sectio divina).

Use Espresso Wallpaper for its sophisticated beauty, or be more productive by organising your folders into the different fields of colour, to indicate priority or type of project.

Icons that are beautifully matched with Espresso Wallpaper:

Vintage Folder Icons: Winter
Vintage Folder Icons: Purple Grapes
Vintage Folder Icons: A Walk in the Park
Vintage Folder Icons: Seaside
Luminous Ready Steady Go Folder Icons

Vintage Winter Folder Icons

This pack of wallpaper is available for widescreen, fullscreen, iPhone and iPad.

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Tags: abstract, brown, desktop art, divine proportion, geometric, golden ratio, productivity, wallpapers

In shades of chocolate, flickering candlelight, warm reds and frosty greens, all borrowed from the palette of the Winter Goal Setting Kit, this set of folder icons extends the popular series of  Vintage Folder Icons with nine new icons.

The series of Vintage Folder Icons is inspired by vintage textures, retro textiles and Technicolor films and bring a hint of nostalgia and glamour to your digital environment. Vintage Folder Icons go perfectly together with the popular series, Luminous Folder Icons and help you get stuff done by color coding your projects.

Vintage Winter Folder Icons

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Tags: brown, color code, desktop art, ease, green, icons, productivity, red, retro, texture, vintage, Vintage Folder Icons

Golden Ratio Autumn Wallpaper

Golden Ratio Autumn Wallpaper is a design that takes its cue from the golden ratio or divine section (Latin: sectio divina). Combining rich shades of purple plum with golden russet, the colours I used when I designed the Autumn Shift Goal Kit. The signature colour palette of Marmalade Moon.

Use Golden Ratio Autumn Wallpaper for its sophisticated beauty, or be more productive by organising your folders into the different fields of colour, to indicate priority or type of project.

Icons that are beautifully matched with Golden Ratio Autumn Wallpaper:

Purple Grapes Folder Icons
Luminous Orange Folder Icons
Luminous Purple Folder Icons

Purple icons on golden ratio autumn wallpaper

This pack of wallpaper includes versions for fullscreen and widescreen computers as well as the iPhone, iPhone 4 and iPad.

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Tags: abstract, desktop art, divine proportion, geometric, golden ratio, orange, purple, wallpapers

Pleased to introduce Purple Grapes, a new collection of icons in the popular series of Vintage Folder Icons. Infused with travel dreams of Italy, France, Spain and California and inspired by vineyards and the autumn harvest of purple grapes. These icons are a feast for the desktop connoisseur!

Purple Grapes folder icons come in rich shades of purple, famous varieties of the finest cultivated grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Rioja, Syrah and Zinfandel. Perfectly  matched with shades of purple and russet in the abstract Golden Ratio Autumn Wallpaper or with the wild and dreamy Montage Wallpaper.

The series of Vintage Folder Icons is inspired by vintage textures, retro textiles and Technicolor films and bring a hint of nostalgia and glamour to your digital environment. Vintage Folder Icons go perfectly together with the popular series, Luminous Folder Icons and help you get stuff done by color coding your projects.

Purple icons on golden ratio autumn wallpaper

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The Complete Series of Vintage Folder Icons:

Seaside
A Walk in the Park
New Leaf

Tags: color code, desktop art, ease, icons, productivity, purple, retro, simplicity, texture, vintage, Vintage Folder Icons