How about a Nice Hot Cuppa?

Posted on March 1, 2009 at 9:52pm

Recently, I’ve been thinking that a change in branding would do my own freelance business some good — that having a ’studio’ name, rather than using my own, would help in gaining new custom. To that end, I’m happy to announce that Nice Hot Cuppa is now online.

OK, it’s just a holding page for the time being, until I build the site (and that probably won’t happen for at least a month or so — March is already filled up with holidaying and moving house), but it’s good to finally have something more substantial than just an idea in my head.

To reflect that I’m trying to involve myself in less web development, and more work involving graphic design and illustration, NHC will be geared towards generating clients requiring need print design, and digital design that doesn’t involve much in the way of back-end coding. I’ll still be working on web development for a number of existing clients, but I’m not going to be actively pushing this service.

This site, Rob Barrett Design, will remain in order to showcase my personal projects and to host my blog (I’m still undecided as to whether I should blog under RBD or NHC, so I’ll keep it here for the time being), and it will likely shift towards a role that supports my search for a full-time design job in London.

I’ve got a nice UPrinting giveaway planned to mark the unveiling of the finished NHC site, so keep your eyes peeled for that!

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Comments on How about a Nice Hot Cuppa?

Hey mate!

like the name! catchy and easy to remember! me and my friend just purchased http://createdsomething.com to do the same thing, freelance under instead of our names!

How did you come up with the name or was you having a brew at the time? lol

Stu

Posted by Stu Greenham | Selfconclusion.co.uk (1 comments) on 2nd March, 2009 at 9:57 pm.

Cheers, Stu! Let me know when you get that up and running, I’d love to see! I think they’re both likely to be beneficial in being perceived as more professional than a given name.

I’m not quite sure how I came up with the name. I know that on Twitter I seem to have stuck myself with the label of being a tea drinker, so it was really a progression on that. I’m sure I must have been drinking tea at the time, given that I drink enough that I might as well set up a drip ;-)

Posted by Rob Barrett (45 comments) on 2nd March, 2009 at 10:15 pm.

Hi Rob,

Very cool. I agree with the move to more of a “studio” vibe. The holding page looks great, looking forward to seeing the site design you come up with. The tea bag logo is quite cool also! As an Irishman, I love a good cup o’cha, even though the doc said it is bad for my stomach. What does he know!

Good luck with the new site, name etc!

Posted by Brian Yerkes (1 comments) on 3rd March, 2009 at 8:13 pm.

Cheers Brian :-) Good to hear you like the holding page — the site design is coming along nicely now, so I’m hoping to get it up and running next month… What kind of sadistic doctor tells you not to drink tea? ;-)

Posted by Rob Barrett (45 comments) on 15th March, 2009 at 1:34 am.