Sunshine And March Vibes (2025 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine

With the days getting noticeably longer in the northern hemisphere, the sun coming out, and the flowers blooming, March fuels us with fresh energy. And even if spring is far away in your part of the world, you might feel that 2025 has gained full speed by now — the perfect opportunity to put all those plans you’ve made and ideas you’ve been carrying around to action!

To cater for some extra inspiration this March, artists and designers from across the globe once again challenged their creative skills and designed a new batch of desktop wallpapers to accompany you through the month. As every month, you’ll find their artworks compiled below — together with some timeless March favorites from our archives that are just too good to be forgotten.

This post wouldn’t exist without the kind support of our wonderful community who diligently contributes their designs each month anew to keep the steady stream of wallpapers flowing. So, a huge thank-you to everyone who shared their artwork with us this time around! If you, too, would like to get featured in one of our upcoming wallpapers posts, please don’t hesitate to join in. We can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with! Happy March!

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We respect and carefully consider the ideas and motivation behind each and every artist’s work. This is why we give all artists the full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience through their works. This is also why the themes of the wallpapers weren’t anyhow influenced by us but rather designed from scratch by the artists themselves.
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Bee-utiful Smile

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Coffee Break

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Rosa Parks

March, the month of transition between winter and spring, is dedicated to Rosa Parks and her great phrase: ‘You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.’ — Designed by Veronica Valenzuela from Spain.

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So Tire

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Time To Wake Up

Rays of sunlight had cracked into the bear’s cave. He slowly opened one eye and caught a glimpse of nature in blossom. Is it spring already? Oh, but he is so sleepy. He doesn’t want to wake up, not just yet. So he continues dreaming about those sweet sluggish days while everything around him is blooming. — Designed by PopArt Studio from Serbia.

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Music From The Past

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Northern Lights

Spring is getting closer, and we are waiting for it with open arms. This month, we want to enjoy discovering the northern lights. To do so, we are going to Alaska, where we have the faithful company of our friend White Fang. — Designed by Veronica Valenzuela Jimenez from Spain.

Queen Bee

Spring is coming! Birds are singing, flowers are blooming, bees are flying&mldr; Enjoy this month! — Designed by Melissa Bogemans from Belgium.

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Botanica

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Let’s Spring

“After some freezing months, it’s time to enjoy the sun and flowers. It’s party time, colours are coming, so let’s spring!” — Designed by Colorsfera from Spain.

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Spring Bird

Explore The Forest

This month, I want to go to the woods and explore my new world in sunny weather. — Designed by Zi-Cing Hong from Taiwan.

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Tacos To The Moon And Back

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Daydreaming

Daydreaming of better things, of lovely things, of saddening things. — Designed by Bhabna Basak from India.

Ballet

“A day, even a whole month, isn’t enough to show how much a woman should be appreciated. Dear ladies, any day or month are yours if you decide so.” — Designed by Ana Masnikosa from Belgrade, Serbia.

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Awakening

“I am the kind of person who prefers the cold but I do love spring since it’s the magical time when flowers and trees come back to life and fill the landscape with beautiful colors.” — Designed by Maria Keller from Mexico.

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MARCHing Forward

“If all you want is a little orange dinosaur MARCHing (okay, I think you get the pun) across your monitor, this wallpaper was made just for you! This little guy is my design buddy at the office and sits by (and sometimes on top of) my monitor. This is what happens when you have designer’s block and a DSLR.” — Designed by Paul Bupe Jr from Statesboro, GA.

Jingzhe

“Jīngzhé is the third of the 24 solar terms in the traditional East Asian calendars. The word 驚蟄 means ‘the awakening of hibernating insects’. 驚 is ‘to start’ and 蟄 means ‘hibernating insects’. Traditional Chinese folklore says that during Jingzhe, thunderstorms will wake up the hibernating insects, which implies that the weather is getting warmer.” — Designed by Sunny Hong from Taiwan.

Fresh Lemons

Pizza Time

“Who needs an excuse to look at pizza all month?” — Designed by James Mitchell from the United Kingdom.

Questions

“Doodles are slowly becoming my trademark, so I just had to use them to express this phrase I’m fond of recently. A bit enigmatic, philosophical. Inspiring, isn’t it?” — Designed by Marta Paderewska from Poland.

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The Unknown

I made a connection, between the dark side and the unknown lighted and catchy area. — Designed by Valentin Keleti from Romania.

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Waiting For Spring

“As days are getting longer again and the first few flowers start to bloom, we are all waiting for spring to finally arrive.” — Designed by Naioo from Germany.

St. Patrick’s Day

On the 17th March, raise a glass and toast St. Patrick on St. Patrick’s Day, the Patron Saint of Ireland. — Designed by Ever Increasing Circles from the United Kingdom.

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Spring Is Coming

This March, our calendar design epitomizes the heralds of spring. Soon enough, you’ll be waking up to the singing of swallows, in a room full of sunshine, filled with the empowering smell of daffodil, the first springtime flowers. Spring is the time of rebirth and new beginnings, creativity and inspiration, self-awareness, and inner reflection. Have a budding, thriving spring! — Designed by PopArt Studio from Serbia.

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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

“March 2nd marks the birthday of the most creative and extraordinary author ever, Dr. Seuss! I have included an inspirational quote about learning to encourage everyone to continue learning new things every day.” — Designed by Safia Begum from the United Kingdom.

Wake Up!

“Early spring in March is for me the time when the snow melts, everything isn’t very colorful. This is what I wanted to show. Everything comes to life slowly, as this bear. Flowers are banal, so instead of a purple crocus we have a purple bird-harbinger.” — Designed by Marek Kedzierski from Poland.

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Spring Is Inevitable

“Spring is round the corner. And very soon plants will grow on some other planets too. Let’s be happy about a new cycle of life.” — Designed by Igor Izhik from Canada.

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Traveling To Neverland

This month we become children and we travel with Peter Pan. Let’s go to Neverland! — Designed by Veronica Valenzuela from Spain.

Let’s Get Outside

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