Design Musings

Recently we completed an e-commerce website for Granny Wobbly's fudge. They already run two cute and quirky fudge shops in Wadebridge and Tintagel, Cornwall, but wanted to expand their shop online. The clients already had a logo and we needed to convey the feel of the shops themselves on the website. So we designed a simple but fun website, complete with blog and full e-commerce facilities. We used pink dotty and stripy bunting to frame the site and a swirly background allowing the text to be clear on a white page. The blog appears on the right hand side of the home page like a blackboard and there is a section for the client to update with their seasonal promotions. The shop admin allows the clients to upload the products themselves and edit the categories, and the shopping cart was designed to fit into the website style. The intention is for the shop to be very easy to use, encouraging sales. One of the best things about the project was tasting their ever changing var...

We have recently completed a website for talented Cornish-based artist, Joanna Commings. She approached us as she needed an online presence and a way to showcase her portfolio. I love designing artist's websites, as the idea is to make the design minimal and allow their work to speak for itself. I chose one of her iconic paintings as a banner and used the navigation to create depth, light and shade. Then created a format allowing a large image and thumbnail shot on each page, with a pallet of grays and white to complement Joanna's Cornish art. The home page has an editable section where Joanna can keep people informed about up and coming exhibitions, along with a little information about the artist herself. There is a page focussed on her landscape paintings and a page about her portraits and commissions. We also created an online gallery so that Joanna could upload her paintings herself. This allows her beautiful pictures to be displayed large and to be navigated w...

We would like to introduce you to Lola Smith, a very unique business. This is the new website we have designed, complete with an e-commerce shop for Lola Smith's handmade and bespoke clothing. Lola Smith creates clothes and homewares to your exact requirements, so we set about creating a website that reflected their original handmade styles and girly aesthetic. We used illustration and fading images to make the most of their lovely photography. We set the site on a background of pale blue and white dots and used little illustrations for navigation buttons, such as the social media sites Facebook and Twitter. Lola Smith's handmade children’s clothing is available from their website, but uniquely, each item is made to order. This means that the clothes are to your child's measurements, and gives you the opportunity to have something created to your tastes. The whole website uses pastel and girly colours, but we left the body of the page white to best showcase their ...