recent website design blogs
the joy of design

the joy of design

We're embarking on the design of a beautiful new website for long standing clients, in Manchester. We've worked with them for over fifteen years and have designed websites and created branding for all of their various business ventures. Initially in the hospitality...

we’re not just about websites

we’re not just about websites

It's true that website design takes up most of our time. Websites are what people usually enquire about, and a website is often the first project we'll collaborate with a client on. From the website, other design work then usually emerges, once a client realises that...

feat of clay : website

feat of clay : website

We get clients in a variety of ways - but never via doing the rounds at breakfast meetings or putting ourselves on random websites which promise to deliver lots of new clients. Breakfast meetings are an absolute oxymoron, as far as I am concerned. If you can't have...

delivering exactly what *you* want

delivering exactly what *you* want

It would be very easy for us, as designers, with presumably the knowledge and expertise that clients might not have - otherwise they would design their own websites - to push an agenda. To convince clients that what they need, is really what we want to deliver. To try...

styal lodge wedding venue : cheshire : website design

styal lodge wedding venue : cheshire : website design

Styal Lodge is a premium wedding venue, nestled in the picturesque National Trust Village of Styal, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside. We first encountered the team, through an introduction from our friend, client and wedding photographer extraordinaire, Jonny...

Summer’s Out and School’s Back…

Summer’s Out and School’s Back…

Although no longer a teacher, September still holds the same feelings for me. Summer drawing to a close - but still clinging on, with days which seem surprisingly hot - but hints of autumn creeping in. Leaves starting to change colour and falling. Nights drawing in...

Taking Our Own Advice

Taking Our Own Advice

I’ve always thought if we were builders or plasterers or electricians or plumbers, the renovation of our home would have been a whole lot easier. After all, with those skills, you’d do it yourself, wouldn’t you? But then we know people who have these skills, who...