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Posted on 6 Oct 2009 at 11:57

It might not have rudimentary features such as add-ons yet, but Google Chrome has delivered something for the more discerning surfer - a leopardskin theme.

The theme is one of a series commissioned from top British designers, including Vivianne Westwood, Matthew Williamson and Mulberry. The leopardskin theme arrives courtesy of Dolce & Gabbana (pictured below), for those who want to make their browser look like the inside of Jordan's knicker drawer.

Donna Karan delivers a rather gloomy landscape of New York, while Matthew Williamson's design (pictured below) bears more than a passing resemblance to the wallpaper found in old people's homes (at least to our untrained eyes).

Google makes no bones about attracting the fashionistas to Chrome. "A bit like painting your nails to match your outfit, or changing your make-up to reflect the occasion, we've found that people like to customise their technology too," says Kate Hammond, product marketing Manager at Google.

Click here to download the Google artist themes.

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User comments

Hmm

You now know the reason that they design clothes and not computer interfaces.

Bottom line, they look shit
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By JStairmand on 6 Oct 2009

I agree with JStairmand, they're SO awful. Embarrassing, really. surely one of the great points about Chrome is that it's simple and fuss free?

By Bureaunet on 6 Oct 2009

Spot on JStairmand, I might not have used that language, but I thought it!

Hideous! 300% awful!

By Grunthos on 6 Oct 2009

Epic fail!

By zeevro on 6 Oct 2009

We're computer geeks. What do we know about style?
Having said that I think it's the worst design I've ever seen.

By TimoGunt on 6 Oct 2009

d'oh

I was laughing at the themes 'til my missus spotted "hedgehog in the fog" - now the jokes on me....

By andychat on 6 Oct 2009

There's a reason HI designers are no good at designing clothes. This is a good demonstration of why clothes designers shouldn't be asked to design user interfaces. There's a thing about productivity here and when you can't read the text and the icons are practically invisible you get what Robert Scoble coined the other day 'unproductivity'. FAIL.

By c6ten on 7 Oct 2009

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