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If you’re fastidious about Flooring, excited by lino, craving some new cladding, then look no further – the dynamic duo at Cornish Flooring are the right fit for the job.

Did I grab your attention with the Printing or Prosecco… ?! Beth Munro Printmaker is known locally for her glorious detailed etchings, linocuts and monoprints.

If you happen to be pregnant and require some support and active guidance then look no further – Lolly Stirk has been a doula at hundreds of births, she’s a certified hypnobirther and holds online and private yoga classes, she has now set up a new online business called Mother Time. Always wise to have…

Owners Barry & Kirsty moved to Rowse Farm just before lockdown and inherited the previous website for the holiday cottages. Since then they’ve made some interior updates and put their design stamp on the properties. Time for a 2023 website update plus an excuse to get the drone out..

Joe Dworniak is a British Producer, Composer, Songwriter and Multi-Instrumentalist based in Cornwall, so he’s certainly a busy fellow, with many strings to his bow! We at Skim had the pleasure to produce this website showcasing his large back catalogue of projects and promoting Joe’s alluring new music releases – especially enjoying this single ‘Becoming’…

Could there be a more Italian sounding name – glorious isn’t it? Maurizio Malagnini is an international award-wining composer – most recently providing the soundtrack to the ever popular Call the Midwife TV show. His work has been hailed as a ‘masterpiece of musical storytelling on The Paradise – have a listen to samples of…

With our roots in music production we were delighted to be asked to provide the music and organise sound and lights to celebrate the birthday of our dear friend Libby. The event was held at the amazing Spyder Studios – a large unit with spaces for the disco, bar, caterers and a mezzanine for the…

Skim Promotional film for East Trenean Farm Luxury Holiday Cottages We had set a date at the end of May for the photoshoot – usually this date bounces around until the Cornish weather is agreeable enough for us to go and photograph, film and take drone images, however this time we were fairly fortunate with…

Skim are fortunate enough to work with wide range of businesses and individuals – however the past couple of months we have had been approached by a wave of music composers requiring shiny new websites! We do love creating these as we are simply showcasing the wonderful work they have created, so usually fairly straightforward…

One of the fantastic sides of London was the ART – there are so many different exhibitions to discover and enjoy, I am itching to return to visit as I have an ever increasing list of ones I want to visit. One new addition is at Outernet London an Interactive installation ‘The Spaces In-Between’ featuring…

It was a joy to design and build this website for Kat Norbury. She is surrounded by a plethora of glorious blooms from which she is able to utilise and spread floral joy to all around.

Job goal for client Silverback Systems – To create an attractive, new global brand identity for this Canadian company and then design and produce an intial one page website explaining what Silverback Systems are all about.

If you have any post production requirements then you need to hack over Hackney straight away and luxuriate in the sumptuous, impressive warm environment that is BLEAT.

It’s been a frosty time in the South West – however when I see the snow capped moors it does tempt me to head out and have an invigoring stomp around – a great way to reconnect and just enjoy wide open space! There’s been a big uprising (last weekend) about the ‘rights to roam’…

January 16th is apparently Blue Monday – it is fairly chilly-manilly out there but not worthy of New Order claims – I digress.. Enough of those 1990s band references, here we are in 2023 – and the Skim team have hit the ground running – making a fairly impressive four websites live already!

We aim to be a ‘one stop shop’ so to speak, so whether you’re starting a new business, or have an existing company and require a re-brand the Skim team are happy to talk through your vision.

Always a bit more pressure when you are designing for a design company – however Absolute (APD) are Product Designers – they do really clever stuff and have to use parts of their brains that most of us mainly keep as storage or empty space!

Skim team have just made the website live for Burnswood stylish, gloriously aesthetic shepherd’s huts – tempting us to book an escape to Devon in 2023. LOVING the decor and soft furnishings for these cosy boutique holiday homes. So when you need cheering up over winter months why not plan a romantic weekend away or…

Skim popped into Ocean View last week for quick ‘Food with a View’ photo update, plus a request for a portrait of head chef Davin – who’s going to be featured in Devon Life Magazine next month. Always a joy to steal a few moments of time appreciating what a stunning vista this bar and restaurant has.

Skim have just designed a new website for our lovely client Joolz – aka Julie Cooper. She’s an award winning, multi-talented very hard working music composer (and excellent pianist). Have a listen..

Signature, handcrafted, one-off wood products, from locally sourced timber. Tasked with photographing gorgeous products in a leafy green spacious setting, based less than 15 mins away near Looe, Skim team happy.

The brief for Skim: To re-energise the brand identity for the Fencing team at Plymouth University for Fresher’s Week in September 2022. Aiming to Attract new students to explore their ‘inner Jedi’ and try a new fun sport.

Tristan Wearing is good with wood, in fact he really loves working and creating fantastic individual pieces from a wide range of different species of tree – Skim are impressed and cannot wait to show you his website when it’s ready to go live! In the mean time here’s a sneak preview of some of Prennek Design’s products we shot last week..

Skim have merely designed the websites for these fantastic literary works – it’s up to you whether or not your interest is piqued by the intro blurb & cover – enough for you to want to part with your hard earned cash and buy these books.

Film, Shoot, Drone, Eat, Drink & Repeat – at the White Hart on Dartmoor – Skim accepted the challenge of filming, photographing and droning all aspects of the White Hart Hotel – over the space of 36 hours.

When not at work you lovely people need to be OUT – enjoying the sunshine, fresh air and new experiences : Rame Silent Disco Yoga  being one of them.. You may be all over this, I was slightly sceptical, but it’s actually great…

A joyful short film piece showing a slice of country life with the climax of the piece being the Lurcher Races. Skim enjoy really enjoy the range of different people we get work with promoting their work and talents, Nicholas Murray is a photographer and filmmaker with a wonderful style of his own – abstract,…

John Maidens is an award winning TV& Film director – so probably doesn’t need me to make pathetic puns – live and direct(or) – ahem – you probaly thought it was a typo anyway.. just amusing myself writing these little posts that only a handful of people will read. The rest of you will be off watching the lastest funny reel on TikTok or Insta so I can probably write what I want…

Its Time to shout about it – Let’s get this party started! Finally, Silent Discomania the new website is live and direct, with a fully automated online ordering system so you can hire however many headsets your require for your party, add on lights, lasers, smoke machine plus a fully loaded (Party-fuelled) i-pod to your order then just add up-for-fun guests!

Find some time to compose yourself – meaning ‘you time’ just to sit still, reflect, read a book, do some yoga – or as is #ontrend – just ‘be in the moment’ – all sounding like a lovely idea, now can anyone add a few extra hours to each day please..?!

Talented music composer Arthur Sharpe is already an award winner, however who doesn’t love a  BAFTA nomination..?! He’s in the Orignal Music category for ‘Landscapers’ a TV series based on the sinster true story of a double murder, however the portrayal of this macabre couple’s lives is unconventional, therefore the score wa required to reflect…

We were approached to design and build a new website by independent First Aid trainer Laurence Peacock. Initially this was a website re-design, however, after meeting with the client Skim realised elevating White Cross Training to the next level was required! This involved re-branding, a new website, adding an events & online booking system, online…

Hello lovely People, You know how they say time speeds up when you get older – well ‘they’ seem to be correct! What on earth happened to January.. it just whizzed by in a blur. I feel as if we’ve just been at our computers with only occassionlly coming up to the surface for air,…