Chy Lowena is a self-catering holiday cottage in the village of Boscaswell, nr St Just. Recently renovated to make it a large family friendly retreat. The cottage retains many of the original features and is finished in a minimal white palette throughout. Photography of all the main rooms to show how light and welcoming the cottage is was key whilst also showing the feature details.
A book cover and text design for a business help book. With the title being so strong and simple I thought it should be dominant in the design. A play on the word ‘stupid’ by flipping the d highlights the fact that we make mistakes.
This is the second brochure I’ve designed for Justin. This time Justin wanted a more utilitarian / traditional feel; something that harked back to the old packaging boxes of the 30′s. After liaising with Headland Printers on various paper swatches we went for a pulpboard cover and 100% recycled Cyclus inner pages. Cyclus is an off-white and has a nice coloured fleck to it. A6 in size meant it could be posted in Justin’s smallest jiffy bag size. The brochure is finished with a new square stitched spine to give it a book feel.
This was a nice product shot job for Polgoon Vineyard who are just down the road from the studio. They required product and pack shots of their new red wine and ciders. Shot using my litecube, allowed for complete white backgrounds as requested. A little post-shoot retouching to clean up dust and scratches was needed to finish.
This is the eleventh book design I have produced for Ecademy Press and the second for the Author, Nigel Vardy. Nigel is a fantastic guy and client to work with. Once again, he gave me free reign on the design and feel for the book. For some inspiration I always read a few chapters of the manuscript. I wanted to put across the adventure aspect and the British climbing record that was made by Nigel in the book. Keeping to a patriotic palette of red and blue and tilting the title by 45 degrees to make a mountain peak shape. The dotted lines on the cover also outline the elevations of each peak climbed by Nigel in the book. You can get your copy here.
Penwith House is a spacious self-catering town house in St Just. The owner wanted to improve the photo gallery section of their website with new interior shots. The challenge was to shoot in December with little natural light. Extra photographic lighting and a bit of post-shoot retouching ensured a colour correct finish.
See a selection of the photos here
Bristol based jewellery designer, Zöe Bassi, commissioned me to produce a hand-out mini-brochure for use at shows and to mail out to potential customers. Zöe wanting something different from the other examples she had seen before. This 8 page fold-out design is fun as it allowed to run the design seamlessly across both sides to get maximum impact when flat. Litho printed on an uncoated 300gsm Recycled stock by Headland Printers, Penzance.
Brochure specification: Size: 8 page, 120x120mm | Ink: Full colour litho | Stock: 300gsm uncoated 100% recycled
This was a product brochure design for the Interior design shop French Grey Interiors, Cirencester. Using FG’s existing branding I was asked to present the range of home ware items in a clean and contemporary layout that is easy to read and order from. The A5 layout meant that it would still fall in the small letter postage bracket which kept postage to a minimum. Printed by Headland Printers.
Brochure specification: Size: 20 page, A5 | Ink: Full colour litho | Stock: 150gsm silk
The PTM asked me to design and produce a guidebook for their giftshop. We settled on a 210mm square design which gives a great compromise between A5 and A4 and looks a bit different. A colour coded time-line graphic runs up the left and right edges of each page to highlight the year of the museum’s history. The layout was kept clean and easy to read with the large archived photographs giving the main interest. I also illustrated the map of the valley and the 3D plans of the museum and tunnels. It was printed locally by Headland Printers, Penzance.
Brochure specification: Size: 44 page, 210x210mm | Ink: Full colour litho | Stock: Cover – 300gsm with mat laminated. Inner – 170gsm silk | Finishing: Perfect bound with 4mm spine
New website update for Beyond the Sea Gallery in Padstow. Taking elements from the previous design in terms of layout and branding, I completely reworked the website from the ground up. It now has a much more user-friendly e-commerce shop for both the viewing customer and client. The site will be evolving with new categories over the next few months to establish a varied stock of art and gifts.
Visit the website at www.beyondthesea.co.uk
