Over the last 4 months we have been working really closely with the guys from Clink Music Magazine and band photographer, Marcus Maschwitz, on a few projects. We were first contacted to assist them with their online presence so we got right to work to create an online place where they could represent their take on the London music scene. The idea was to keep the site simple so that users could visit it on a daily basis for relevant news as well as online interviews, live music reviews, band introductions and several other interest pieces all at no cost to the user. Our details were passed on by our good friend / partner Marcus Maschwitz who was commissioned by them for a few photo shoots.

If you care about music at all or are just bored at work, be sure to check out and show your support for the guys at Clink Music Magazine because it is run by a really decent bunch of people who want to make the music scene open and accessible to the people that keep it going.

Welcome to Studio Melon in the UK.

We are working super hard on our new website but it is hard for us to focus time on ourselves until all our clients are looked after.

Please bear with us during this update and check back soon. We have some exciting news and additions that you will be interested in.

Till then, thanks for stopping by.

Studio Melon Team

We have just finished up and put live the Purple Crunch website which is headed up by Katie Smith. Katie is an amazing jewellery designer specializing in custom silver wedding and gift jewellery and she got in contact with us because she had a feeling that we would be able to assist her with getting her ideas off of paper and into a website.

You can see her work on www.purplecrunch.co.uk

NSR MTB, actual name “No Spandex Required Mountain Biking”, is an online magazine focusing entirely on mountain bike news, events, products, reviews and information for South Africa.

The magazine is completely free to use and they do it because they love it.

Click here to view the NSR MTB website …

The Work Process

We were contacted to create and develop the site and backend structure for the website which we took and had a lot of fun working on. The site is based on the wordpress backend which enables the client to update the content with ease as well as manage all comments that come in from readers. Once we had installed wordpress and customized the back end, we worked on the front skin so that it looks attractive and works for them.

This project was worked on together with Melon Graphics South Africa.

Visit their website …

Our head photographer, Marcus Maschwitz, spent 10 days at the start of this month shooting photographs in the bush in South Africa. He has some really amazing stuff that cannot be released yet but we thought we would share these 3 photos. Doesn’t this just make you want to go to the bush and enjoy the wildlife. Nothing is better.

If you have the time, visit Marcus’s Photography Blog. We think you will enjoy it on www.marcusphotoblog.com

Revolution, actually [R]evolution, is a South African based skateboard company that focuses on the entire lifestyle of skateboarding and pushes the art and music side in such a big and different way. It’s amazing for us when people think out of the box and support the people really involved in the scene.

[R]evolution can be viewed as an initiative to encourage and initiate change. activist at its core [r]evolution is about creating, evolving and empowering. We aim to spread a DIY ethos to encourage people to build a better future for themselves. “Invest in yourself” sums it up. [R]evolution is a brand that encompasses these fundamentals, and using skateboarding, music, and art as a medium through which to we can spread this message on a national scale.

Aesthetically the brand needs to be mature, evolved, clean, urban and contemporary as it’s aimed at a more educated audience or those who are morally motivated and conscious.

click here to view the revolution skateboard supplies website …

The Work Process

[R]evolution as a brand is one of our most exciting and we have felt extremely privileged since the day we started working with them in about 2003. We love what the brand stands for and really agree with the causes that they support.

Since the early days, we have been responsible for the photographs that they have put out for their marketing and to push their skateboard team.

At the end of 2008 we were commissioned to redevelop their entire internet presence so we worked hard to create something that would truly express the brand and then allow the client to be able to update the site and content freely on a daily basis. we used wordpress as a backend for the site and then customized the entire site for them and ensured that the site all links correctly and really takes advantage of search engines to push their news and content.

Visit their website …

Visit their Myspace page …

KFD Skateboards is a South African based skateboarding company that is proud to have all their skateboards and merchandise manufactured in the USA to ensure a premium quality product.

Click here to view the KFD Skateboards website …

The Work Process

The KFD Skateboards project began for us a while ago when Marcus was commissioned to join the KFD team on a road trip to document the trip and photograph the team riders for an article that ran in Australian magazine called Wooden Toy.

Since that trip a strong relationship continued and Marcus became the official photographer for the KFD team. Many tours and articles have been shot over the years as well as some advertising and marketing images to push the brand both locally and internationally.

Now just recently, Melon Graphics South Africa along with Studio Melon, have created the KFD Skateboards official website which has the abilities of being updated by the client and team with ease ensuring the freshest content.

Visit their website …

Visit their YouTube channel …

Visit their Myspace page …