Aesthetics and Arithmetic

Angela’s work is all about Maths and Tax – as she is a highly efficient accountant and bookkeeper! Raising her levels of experience deserved a reward, the grand design and aesthically pleasing new work space. Skim aimed to enhance this new impressive level, photographing the new building, adorable Milly & Myrtle (canine companions) and the…

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Feeling Pumped!

Chronically Motivated partners Zoey and Conor stayed local for their coastal lifestyle photoshoot, we then graded those photos, and matched product shots we took at Skim to fit with the website design! Great to work with this focused fit and positive minded duo – check out their initial range of quality active wear for men…

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Treworgey Manor 2017

New owners, new photography and new website! New Owners Debbie and James have worked hard to refresh and improved the four Treworgey Manor holiday cottages. I can highly recommend this time of year to escape to Cornwall, it is glorious. Please take a look at the photographs and let us know what you think.  

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Celebrating 3000

No we are not being all futuristic, or talking about how many employees Facebook has recently hired.. Skim has Just recorded job number 3000 ! So we thought it would be a good time to thank past and present clients and friends for allowing us to design stuff for them for so long, we are…

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Walney’s view of the world

What a fantastic time of year May it is to be in Cornwall, especially if you are fortunate enough to stay at Walney Cottage in Kingsand, – your view out to sea could be like this.. Tranquil and calm on the day I visited and took new photos for the website, but every day promises…

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Chronically Motivated

Really excited about working with a young, hard working, ambitious duo, – the founders of Chronically Motivated. Zoey and Conor have been building interest in their nutrition & training advice and are now moving into designing and selling fitness apparel. Skim are giving this Cornwall based couple 100% effort and support, – designing, building and…

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Prolific Composer on a roll

The ever ready battery that is Lorne Balfe continues to expand his repertoire of film scores, –  this year alone composing music for: Batman Lego Movie, Ghost in the Shell, Churchill and the epic Geostorm set for release later in the year. We are kept busy updating the Fragmented website with all Lorne news (but…

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Life Affirming

Stay at Walney Cottage in Kingsand and take in glorious views of the sea, or for those wanting a more exciting experience – get your swimsuit on (whatever time of year! ) and stride into the sea. Promoted as ‘life affirming’ by owner Kate and all who swim with her, wild swimming is the way…

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Pro-active Publishers published

Multi award winning music publishers kindly requested Skim (again) to re-design and re-skin their existing website. Rebranded and refreshed the new Du Vinage website returns ready for action.

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Wild new website

We have just launched Alex Harwood’s new website. In 2014 Skim created a fairly low-key website for Alex. Since then this prolific, talented composer has been notching up numerous new credits for TV, film and animation – Listen to tracks from her most recent programme: ‘Growing up Wild’ shown on Disney Nature and now Netflix.

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Rate and review

Hello gorgeous (generous with your time) Skim clients – hope you are all happy, healthy and full of the joys of spring? Can you tell from my tone that I want something from you? If we have ever done some design, print, website or photography work from you and you have the time and inclination…

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‘ere – get proper sorted!

OK, I admit my local colloquialisms could do with some improvement. But if you are looking to improve your insurance look no further! Local, reliable and specialist insurers for all things Rural – PSP are your ‘go to’ people. Oh yes and they now have a lovely new website thanks to Skim.

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Christmas in Cornwall

Woodside Holiday Lets website is now live and direct, huge congratulations to Claire and family for all their efforts making it ready in time for their first guests. Great reviews already – let’s hope our website works well in attracting lots of lovely guests to their spacious, sumptuous new luxury cottages: Chestnut, Fir, Beech and…

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An invitation to pleasure – on a Monday… !

Shakti Tantra founders Hilly and Sue look happy – this is not only because they have found inner joy, they are also very excited about the launch of the new Shakti Tantra website which Skim designed and built under creative partnership with the London based art director and photography/film maker Christian Banfield (@schmick.tv) on this…

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Yoga teaching – John Stirk

Time to take up practising yoga… If you have had a turbulent week and feel that world is in a strange and scary place, look to yoga. Open up to ways of finding clarity, relaxed sensitivity and a deep flowing awareness on all levels.. Sounds good to me. I hope Skim’s new website for John…

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See James’ Skeet shooting Success

See James’ Skeet shooting Success (and his shiny new website!) It’s been a fairly epic year so far for the South West’s Skeet shooter, James Rounsevell. Dedicated to the sport and proving himself fairly handy in competitions, we are proud to support and present his list of achievements on his new Skim designed website. To…

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Facial rejuvenation required?

How many people over 40 years of age haven’t thought about a little tightening of the skin, a smoothing of their facial lines and a fill of those wrinkles? With the help of sound, professional advice at the Wellswood Clinics you can make that important decision. Wellswood Clinics also provide Travel vaccinations, immunisations, blood tests…

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Welcoming Woodside

Well done Claire and her hard working team for putting in a sterling effort to be ready for the first guests at Woodside Holiday Lets, the holiday homes look A-M-A-Z-I-NG! I really hope our photographs do the property justice. Website in production now…

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London Calling

Aspiring to dizzy new heights of construction projects London based company Aspire Building Solutions now have a slick new website to showcase their most recent projects. Check them out for any building refurbishments, renovations and rebuilds.

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Yes I can

“Yes I can” (well not me personally, I’m talking about talented composer Guy Farley) Hugely impressed with the superhuman effort made making the promotional Paralympics trailer for Rio 2016, ‘Yes I can’ wonderfully filmed and edited, then discovered that our client Guy Farley had composed the music for it – added to his new official…

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T-shirts on mass

Thanks to local company Crab Stitch at Torpoint for supplying the year 6 children with 32 t-shirts all requiring different colours, sizes and styles – all perfect, well done Paul you are an absolute star. Speak to Paul at Crab Stitch Embroidery for all your one off items, workwear motifs, branding specific items even a…

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Need to get away from city life?

Churchwood Valley provides an oasis of lush green countryside and a coastal holiday location, it really is a breath of fresh air! Back to basics with wooden cabins situated in the South Devon coast just a short walk from Wembury beach. Updating this website has reminded me how glorious this conservation area is, so if you…

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We all need a little support at sometime…

We all need a little support at sometime… I can concur wholeheartedly with this statement, as life can certainly throw some challenges at us. At Cascade Therapy, (based in Birmingham, UK)  there is friendly, experienced Psychotherapy, Counselling and coaching close at hand. Ready to spring into therapeutic action for all those who require assistance, whatever…

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Broomhill Manor playground

Gauntlet thrown down

Our challenge: to try to coordinate a photoshoot at Broomhill Manor  (# luxury self-catering holiday properties) in Bude, aligning the weather with the properties being vacant. So we headed to the north coast of Cornwall and photographed Broomhill in full blossom glory – in-between the hail storms… Do you like their cute new bunk-beds?

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guy farley official website

Guy is now official

Scoring over 40 films we at Skim have been impressed by this composers prolific musical career so far – I feel very underachieving! We have tried to produce an impressive backdrop for you to explore the the works at the new OFFICIAL Guy Farley website.

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Personalised pet bandana

Personalised pet bandana I hope you have one of these for you beloved pet, if not why not? – they are the latest must have, on trend, accessory – see Lola rockin’ hers at the Crab Stitch Embroidery website we’ve just launched. (other printed items are available)… Support local businesses!

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They never forget, unlike us…

We have recently been involved with designing and building a website for a man called Torn who runs the Bunong Elephant Project in Cambodia, it was certainly a joy looking at film and images of these majestic creatures and learning more about eco-tourism.  The local people in these countries are working hard to protect the…

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Blacker than Black

Being in the design business we do like to have in depth discussions about shades of colours whilst stroking our beards, guzzling large quantities of monsoon malabar and listening to the morning delights of Lauren Laverne. So the latest is Vantablack – the new black and darkest of them all (sounds like new Harry Potter…

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Free family days out in Cornwall – Crocadon

Have you been to a Crocadon event yet – If not you are missing out as they have some excellent events every month tempting you with sumptuous local produce, mind, body and spirit fairs, impressive craft and antique markets, all set in a relaxed haven just 15 mins inside Cornwall near St. Mellion. Obviously there…

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