I have been fascinated with yellow ever since the daffodils burst out in bloom! This new dual monitor desktop background with forsythia was inspired by Japanese designs and patterns - and yellow.

This month Club Members receive the Marmalade Monthly and a May desktop calendar. So head on over to the freebies section to get your Forsythia wallpaper and don't forget to join Club Marmalade Moon for even more exclusive desktop goodies!

Tags: design, seasonal, floral, spring, Japanese, iPhone, iPod Touch, widescreen, fullscreen, dual monitor, desktop calendar

Spending hours on your computer? How about a spring desktop makeover?

Marmalade Moon has created a new club to belong to. As May approaches, there is one more week to get the April Club Benefits!

I have designed three limited edition floral icons exclusively for members of Club Marmalade Moon. A Siberian Scilla. An exquisite tulip with striking, rosy apricot petals suffused with pink! A Pheasant's Eye Daffodil, or Poet's Daffodil.

April's Club Monthly comes as icons for Windows, icons for Mac and as images for personal use on your blog, website, as an avatar for your computer user account, forums, instant messenger and social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or MySpace. The images are all in png format and available in seven sizes.

Join now to get your free, limited edition spring desktop art!

Let your desktop bloom! 

Tags: design, seasonal, bold, spring, floral

When MacPeople Lite in Japan featured my Soon Spring icons in their Spring 2008 issue I revisited the collection and decided to update the set to include fresh new versions for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista for this weeks release of icons at the Iconfactory.

But it was so much fun to work with these icons that I expanded the collection with five bold, new spring flowers! Inspiration was literally on the doorstep, with a few late Snowdrops and a sea of Scilla on the grassy slope outside the studio. Iris, Daffodils and Pheasant's Eye saluting the sun from the flowerbeds.

When I was designing these flowers I studied them and was fascinated by things I found out. That Iris, in Greek mythology, was the goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. The optical phenomenon iridescence is derived from Iris' name and the fleur-de-lis is a stylized Iris...

Then I read that Pheasant's Eye daffodil, is also called Poet's Daffodil or Narcissus poeticus in latin... Isn't that just irresistable!?

And if you want to get it on paper, that spring is here, you might be interested in the Tulip card over in the shop where there are several cards inspired by spring.

Soon Spring icons come with a companion wallpaper: A Sea of Scilla. This desktop picture is available in several sizes for different types of monitors. There are fullscreen, widescreen, iPhone and iPod Touch versions so take your pick!

Last but not least, members of Club Marmalade Moon receive a bonus collection of Soon Spring icons and images for personal use on your blog or website or as avatars for your computer user account, forums, instant messenger and social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or MySpace! Join the club to get your free April release of limited edition desktop art!

Tags: design, seasonal, floral, nature, spring, bold, iPhone, iPod Touch, fullscreen, widescreen, Mac, Windows

It never fails, every year I buy budding bunches of daffodils, when I shop for food at the market. A couple of days later I buy another bunch, soon the dinner table is overflowing with daffodils. And when the daffodils bloom I am startled at how anything can be so - well so very yellow...

As you might have guessed, I am designing some icons and desktop pictures on a spring theme. Bold and colourful like the brave spring blossoms. This spring desktop art will be ready to open its petals on your desktop next week!

Members of Club Marmalade Moon will receive bonus spring desktop art, so join the club to get your April release of limited edition desktop art, if you haven't done so already!

Tags: design, seasonal, spring, nature, floral, bold, iPhone, iPod Touch, fullscreen, widescreen, dual monitor, Windows, Mac

I am glad to announce that I have opened a shop here at Marmalade Moon!

I have designed a collection of brand new cards with seasonal motifs! You will find tulips, forget-me-nots and lilacs bursting out in time for spring as well as roses for when summer grows ripe. Colourful maple leaves for the autumn. Crisp snowflakes and orientally inspired pine tree patterns for chilly winter's days. Handy for birthday greetings, thank you notes, holiday greetings or just to let a friend know that you are thinking of them.

This is all part of my celebration of Marmalade Moon's 10th anniversary!

Tags: design, stationery, celebration, seasonal, floral

I just updated two sets of icons, Valentine's Day and Wedding with new juicy big sizes for Mac for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista in time for for the Iconfactory's Valentine's Day Celebration. Naturally these icons still also contain versions for the classic systems.

These icons will look simply gorgeous in Leopard’s Cover Flow or as searchable CandyBar iContainers.

Valentine's Day includes hearts, a Valentine's Day card, a forget-me-not, a rose and a box of chocolates.

Originally I created Wedding as an iconic wedding gift for a friend and co-worker. The collection has a Chinese theme and includes a wedding invitation, a bridal bouquet of red roses, gold wedding rings, a wedding cake, a present, a glass of champagne and the Chinese symbol for Double Happiness.

So head on over to the Iconfactory's Valentine's Day Celebration, where you will find that the desktop cupid has presented romantic wallpapers and icons!

Tags: design, desktop, interface, Mac OS X, Windows, Leopard, Vista, seasonal, holiday, Valentine's Day, romance, bold

In time for Valentine's Day, this desktop picture with rose petals has been remastered for large monitors and for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

For a digital romance, or for a longing for deep summer, the heady scent of roses, the velvet petals.

Dress up your desktop in pretty petals over in the freebies section. Because desktop geeks have feelings too!

Tags: Valentine's Day, summer, seasonal, nature, design, iPhone, iPod Touch, fullscreen, widescreen

There has hardly been any snow in Sweden this winter so I had to make up for it in some way. I designed a winter wonderland desktop background with bold, crisp, stylised snowflakes to capture a winter atmosphere.

'Snowflake' Wallpaper is available for download in the freebies section. Enjoy!

Tags: snow, winter, seasonal, nature, holiday, design, iPhone, iPod Touch, fullscreen, widescreen, dual monitor

Marmalade Moon wishes you a happy New Year and continues to celebrate its 10th anniversary with new desktop art; 'Celebration' desktop picture with Fireworks.

This wallpaper is available both for widescreen and fullscreen monitors as well as the iPhone and iPod Touch. I am excited to also introduce some new resolutions as well as dual monitor wallpapers!

Here is a toast to absent friends, a toast to present friends, a toast to everyone who has visited Marmalade Moon!

Update: I made some changes to this wallpaper adding a little more detail. 15th January 2008.

Tags: seasonal, holiday, celebration, design, iPhone, iPod Touch, fullscreen, widescreen, dual monitor

Let these snowflake icons designed in the iPhone style gently drift down on your desktop.

The collection of iPhonica Snowflakes includes large sizes for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista as well as versions for the older systems.

Season's Greetings, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Marmalade Moon!

Tags: design, iPhone, desktop, interface, Mac OS X, Windows, Leopard, Vista, snow, winter, seasonal, holiday