Here at Skim we get a lot from the environment we live and work in. It’s fundamental to our well-being, inspires us and influences everything we do. It’s often that we conjure our ideas and thoughts in many different places… in the office, exploring the woods or crunching along the rugged coastline. We wanted to…
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…
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…
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…
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.
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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?
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.
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!
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…
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…
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…
Everyone needs to add a bit of spice to their lives I think, but more importantly is the day to day intake of real & healthy food, so thankfully Jane Hutton – aka ‘The Functional Foodie’ has created a hub for all her recipe ideas and well being courses on a whole range of subjects.…
I have been seriously slack on the blog front, how do you all find time to work and blog post your achievements, interesting client meetings and up and coming events I need to be a caffeine crazed octopus to competently cover all aspects of work and life and the moment! However it is a good…
A complex project for Skim New Media as our London clients Teacher Stern cover many aspects of law and have a large team to consider, so it was important that all t’s were crossed and i’s were dotted, so to speak. We wanted to provide to the visitors with a sense of their location &…
Why the 8 reference? Well I have just realised that 2016 will be our 8th year in our Skim Office in Cornwall, how time flies… Dave and I are really excited about new projects emerging so far this year ranging from websites for a music composer, business alignment company, embroiderer, holiday cottage owner, global taxi…
With artists and photographers our job when building a website is quite simple – draw attention to the Artists work. For showcasing John Hobbs’s creative expressions his brief was minimal navigation and surroundings, focusing on the pieces. Love to know if you like them – my top three: Stalactites, Eagle & Ink Blots – yours…?
Working with Tutor Helen Jonas has been a joy, not only was she receptive to our colourful design ideas for her website (reinforcing ‘Tutoring is fun’ statement) – she also surprised us with homemade cakes for every meeting. Most impressive though is Helen’s sunny disposition and willingness to learn herself! The result, a website build…
The True Rocks team have been on a rollercoster wave of excitement and activity this year – celebrities have been adorning their pendants and I’ve just added a whole new selection of sumptuous jewellery items. Take a sneaky peek and put your favourites (mine two are the pineapples & artist Rachael Howard’s limited edition Humble…
We are heads down at the moment in the office – all good, but no time for blogs about skim projects.. However I do have time for bugs – just found a few macro shots I took of ‘Ralf’ – the Lesser Stag Beetle – cute furry feelers.. back to work now honest Dave!
Just been sent an image of our local client Resilience Communications at the DSEI (that’s The World Leading Defence and Security Event) Our challenge was to provide show off the latest Resilience innovations – which could then be projected on screens at this event in London. The products arrived on Friday morning, along with the…
It was time for a change. Ed Docx has expanded his literary talents to more than writing fictional novels (just completed book four). In addition Ed writes non-fiction journalistic pieces in both The Guardian and Prospect Magazine. So today is an exciting day – Ed has not only written an extremely interesting article entitled Tiger…
Our second Gary is of equal measure in importance with his shiny new business : Big Rib Charters – he does what is says on the can >> Charters his big rib (fun fast speedboat in layman’s terms) for entertainment use around Cornwall’s stunning coastline. Gary Morozow recently delivered a Bride & Groom on their…
It’s not every week you do design work for 2 Gary’s and it too such polar opposite fields of work, I guess that’s why I still enjoy working at Skim New Media.. Gary Yershon is an experienced music composer who has a career spanning 4 decades and an amazing body of varied work in Theatre,…
Well done Dave – the final edit of our ‘day in the life of Looe, on Looe Lugger Festival weekend’ – Time lapse film completed! Thanks to our fantastic clients Steve and Etty at the Sail Loft Studio for their local knowledge, filming assistance and fish and chips!
The Chagford Inn new website is now ready for you to sample. Delectable Devon Dexter beef is a must, although all the food looks stunning and known to be of a high standard from chef Russell Hamby. Just need to find an excuse to head up this way for a long lunch – anyone care…
Locations South West is all about finding amazing, interesting and unique places for films, TV, photo shoots and anything else film based – what a great job! If you live in an incredible, quirky living space, or house with a stunning view contact LSW! So all you budding film makers, and those who are just…
Two weeks ago we were fortunate enough to be invited to the ‘Sleeps 10’ self-catering holiday cottage in Broadwoodkelly – where? – North Devon.. The 17th century property retains a great deal of original charm – hopefully portrayed in our photo shoot. New photos supplied to client & to be added to the Colehouse Farm…
Had a surprise phone call from locally based Cornish Tea owner Duncan Bond – needing a some perky packshot images of some of his stand out branded products – we obliged ! Great to work with local people on great products and support their business design, photography needs.