Design Musings

Recently we completed a website for the arts materials and picture framers, Stable Art. They are tucked away off Bodmin high street in a specially converted, two story stable behind the Shire Hall. We organised a photoshoot which captured the ambiance of the place - exposed wooden beams and natural light creates the perfect setting for this artistic shop. Our brief was simple, to show what this hidden gem had to offer, and the design focused mainly on making the most of the photography. The owner had an illustration he was proud of, so on the home we see it fading into a photograph to set the scene. The strong images make each page quite striking, although for the general colour scheme is comprised of muted shades of taupe and gray. Centre stage are the photographs, heavily cropped to reveal the pattern and symmetry in frames, rows of glossy paint and inks. Every page has a series of pictures subtly fading into the next, and other features include a downloadable price list. The...

This week we did an informal photoshoot at the Quarryman Inn, just outside Wadebridge. The accommodation that they offer is very spacious, modern and nicely furnished, we wanted to capture this by focusing on the finishing touches that make this flat so comfortable. The food was lovely and colourful which made it an easy subject. The natural light, and the textured background of the wooden table truthfully represented the good food and friendly atmosphere. The highlight of the afternoon though was photographing the beautiful desserts - which tasted as good as they looked! Marie Lawley

Cycle hire in Cornwall is very popular, in fact, most of the websites we had put together before we started up Pickle Design properly were for cycle hire centres! Where we are based on the North coast is particularly well populated by bikes. Wadebridge is in a great place for cycling, right in the middle of the main stretch of the Camel Trail, and that means there are a lot of hire centres here. Trail Bike Hire is located in Padstow, at the beginning of the trail though. Quite a simple design, but hopefully effective for that reason. We did a photo shoot for Jim and Chris at Trail Bike Hire last autumn, just before it got really cold wintry, still a few leaves on the trees. Only one shot has been used on the site though, the homepage, the rest will hopefully be added at a later date. They do feature in the leaflet heavily though. A friend of Marie’s did the shoot on one of Jim’s bikes, and produced some great results.