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Illustration, design and art. Curated by JC from Poolga.com

Mar 1
IdeasTap week at Poolga
Young creatives based in the UK: want to get your work featured on Poolga? 
We’ve partnered with IdeasTap, a creative network promoting emerging artists, to host a special IdeasTap Week at Poolga. We will be selecting five submissions to their creative brief to showcase on our website, one per day, throughout the week. Deadline is March 14! Head over to the IdeasTap site for the full story.
Promo image by Rosie Gainsborough.

IdeasTap week at Poolga

Young creatives based in the UK: want to get your work featured on Poolga

We’ve partnered with IdeasTap, a creative network promoting emerging artists, to host a special IdeasTap Week at Poolga. We will be selecting five submissions to their creative brief to showcase on our website, one per day, throughout the week. Deadline is March 14! Head over to the IdeasTap site for the full story.

Promo image by Rosie Gainsborough.


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Aug 2

Win a Poolga tote bag

We’re giving away three Poolga Tote bags designed by Laszlito Kovacs. All you have to do is:

1. Visit Poolga.com and look for the wallpaper you like best. Take your time, there are hundreds!

2. Tweet the URL to your favorite one adding the hashtag “#PoolgaTotebag” to your tweet.* For example: “I’m loving this Poolga wallpaper on my iPhone! http://poolga.com/poolga/flamingo #PoolgaTotebag

Do this before the end of next Friday August 5. We will announce the winners on our Twitter stream, so don’t forget to follow us here: http://twitter.com/poolga.

* Don’t forget to add “#PoolgaTotebag” to your tweet so that we can record your vote!

Start here! See more photos on our Shop.


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We have a new friend at Poolga

Poolga Dog

That’s right! We have a new pet. He’s a bit scruffy and full of fleas, but we still love him! He comes from the genius hand of our illustrator extraordinaire Laszlito Kovacs. We’ve also cleaned up and revamped our site to make our new friend feel right at home. Come visit him at poolga.com starting today, and while you’re there, download the best art for iPhone and iPad.

http://poolga.com/


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May 16

Mammoth Week at Poolga

Mammoth Week at Poolga

We’ve teamed up with THE MAMMOTH COLLECTION to offer a selection of their superb art collection for your iPhone and iPad. Starting Monday May 16 we will be featuring one new Mammoth artist every day for the whole week. Don’t miss any of them!

Head over to Poolga and download a new one every day.

Promo image by Adam Hancher.


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Jan 3

Handsome Frank Week at Poolga

Handsome Frank Week at Poolga

To celebrate the new year, we have teamed up with Handsome Frank, one of our favorite illustration agencies, to bring you a week of beautifully illustrated wallpapers for your iPhone and iPads.

Starting on the 3rd January 2011, artwork from ten of their illustrators can be downloaded via Poolga to help make your mobile device look beautiful and unique. Each day we’ll be shouting about which of their talented illustrators is featured, so be sure to check our Twitter stream or website for more news.

Image by Lydia Fee.


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Nov 29

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Oct 5

Introducing Tseventy

Today we’re introducing Tseventy, sister site to Poolga.

We showcase hand-picked photography for mobile devices, mostly iPhone, iPod and iPad, carefully curated by: Le MaraisArturo Martín and Juan Carlos Cammaert (more to come.)

We’re lucky enough to launch with some great names already on board, including Allie Mount, Pancho Tolchinsky, Ana Bolivar, Cristina de Middel, and Thom Stoodley among others. See the full list here.

Tseventy?

Tseventy = T70. The Canon T70 was released in 1984 and was the first camera (that I know of) to incorporate an LCD screen.


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Sep 27

Synergy Art week at Poolga

This is a special week at Poolga. We have partnered with Synergy Art, an outstanding illustration agency based in London and Sydney, to showcase eight of their very talented illustrators.

A new set of wallpapers featuring one Synergy artist will be available every day (for free!) for the next week, with Adam Nickel kicking things off from today.

Come and get ‘em!


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Aug 25

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Jun 30

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