Nik Read Graphic & Web Design

NEW WEBSITE

nikread@me.com — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:10:10 +0000

The new website is taking shape as you can see its work in progress, bear with me for a few days…

2012

nikread@me.com — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:03:56 +0000

Happy New Year! its been a bit quiet for a while from me as its been one of those years, any way hope to be back to it shortly with an updated site and fresh info from the land of me!

Best wishes for 2012 and the Future!

The Alba website live

nikread@me.com — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:49:15 +0000

Alba website screen shot

After a few weeks hard work the Alba Restaurant in St Ives, has gone live! Yipee! I am really pleased with the results, and so are my customers.

The intitial idea for the banner image showing the light house at the end of the pier that can be seen from the restaurant was my first brain wave. While standing looking at the view from the fist floor of the restaurant, I knew thats “the money shot” as they say. The view from the restaurant is stunning and along with great food, wine and good service makes The Alba one of the best in St Ives.

We spent a day doing the food shots I got to sample pretty much every thing on the menu, on top of the food being amazing I didn’t need to eat for about a month afterwards. I also took some shots of the head Chef Grant Nethercott, we also so took some temporary interior shots to get the jobs done, they actually look ok, these interior shots are to be updated after a refurb in the next few weeks. Good pictures are essential for a professional looking website.

Just working on the final SEO and the website is already performing well, Anyway checkout the website www.thealbarestaurant.com and let me know what you think.

Skills we provided, Web Design and Build, Photography, Illustration, HTML, WordPress, SEO, food photography thanks to James Deseta, and John Garood who I built the site with.

action from the kitchen image featured in the alba website

New Alba images for website design

nikread@me.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:18:58 +0000

Soused mackerel

nikread@me.com — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:44:45 +0000

Living by the sea has more than a few perks, one of them being people offer you fish! My neighbour handed me half a dozen mackerel the other day, so I thought I’d have a go at soused mackerel, I remember having it at one of my friends house as a child. I googled the recipe and off I went, it looked that good before it went in the oven I took a photo, and then one when it was ready, Yum!

Hugh F.W. would be proud!
John the fish fight to stop fishermen having to throw away perfectly good fish to please quotas set by out of date data. http://www.fishfight.net

Artwork and illustration update

nikread@me.com — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:17:22 +0000

Will be updating Illustration and artwork section in portfolio soon, something im hopefully working more on in 2011, got a busy year ahead.

Winter Images

nikread@me.com — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:13:55 +0000

Spent Christmas in Cambridgeshire, one crisp and icy morning I took a few snaps.

Logo designer St Ives Cornwall

nikread@me.com — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:09:45 +0000

Looking for a logo for the new year? drop me a line, design@nikread.co.uk

see my new cargo collective website at http://cargocollective.com/nik-read-design

Deals on Branding, my festive offer!

nikread@me.com — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:33:36 +0000

From now until the end of January 2011, I am offering very special rates on re-branding projects, if you fancy a brand spanking new logo for your letter head or business card, drop me a line.
Only because I enjoy doing them, and its Christmas and all that!

email me now!!!! design@nikread.co.uk

3D Modelling, Architectural visualisation.

nikread@me.com — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:28:01 +0000

We also undertake any 3d work you require, photorealist CGI, animations for architecture, planning applications, and sales material. Property developers builders or architects might find us very useful!

we will be getting some work ready in the gallery section soon.