# The Rik Barwick Studio

> Freelance Shopify, ecommerce and brand development consultant for founder-led businesses that want stronger commercial performance without losing character. Based in Lavenham, Suffolk, UK. Rik Barwick has nearly 25 years of experience across ecommerce, branding and digital design, helping businesses improve product discovery, conversion and commercial clarity through Shopify design/development, brand identity work, and website design.

## Services

- [Shopify Design & Development](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/design-services/shopify/): Shopify strategy, UX and development services
- [Shopify Commercial Reviews](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/design-services/shopify/shopify-commercial-reviews/): Reviews focused on improving how a store sells, not just how it looks
- [Migrate to Shopify](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/design-services/shopify/shopify-migration/): Migration support for moving stores onto Shopify
- [Support & Maintenance](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/design-services/shopify/shopify-developer-support-and-maintenance/): Ongoing Shopify developer support
- [SEO Support](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/design-services/shopify/shopify-seo-support/): Shopify SEO and product structure support
- [Conversion Rate Optimization](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/design-services/shopify/shopify-conversion-rate-optimization/): Ecommerce UX and conversion-focused work
- [Shopify Wholesale (B2B) Reviews](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/design-services/shopify/shopify-wholesale-b2b-reviews/): Reviews of B2B/wholesale setups on Shopify
- [Brand Design](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/design-services/branding/): Brand identity, positioning, identity systems and packaging/print design
- [Website Design](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/design-services/website-design/): WordPress-based website design and information architecture
- [Graphic Design](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/design-services/graphic-design/): Graphic design services
- [Branding & Website Design for Artists & Makers](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/design-services/shopify/sell-art-and-crafts-online/): Ecommerce setup tailored to artists and makers

## Commercial Thinking

- [Commercial Thinking (hub)](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/commercial-thinking/): Articles on ecommerce strategy and commercial clarity
- [Commercial UX](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/commercial-thinking/commercial-ux/)
- [Ecommerce Architecture](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/commercial-thinking/ecommerce-architecture/)
- [Founder Notes](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/commercial-thinking/founder-notes/)
- [Journal](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/journal/): Personal articles and opinion pieces from the creative world
- [Field Notes / Studio Updates](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/shorts/): Short, regularly updated studio and project notes

### Selected Articles

- [Shopify Wholesale & the Questions Every Growing Business Should Ask](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/shopify-wholesale/)
- [Why I Put Myself on Retainer](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/why-i-put-myself-on-retainer/)
- [The Attention Budget of a Can Label](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/the-attention-budget-of-a-can-label/): On CleanCo's cocktail can design
- [How to Licence Your Artwork for Commercial Use](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/how-to-licence-your-art/): Guide to art licensing and copyright for artists in the UK

## Portfolio

- [Portfolio (hub)](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/): Shopify, website, and brand/logo design work
- [Shopify Websites](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/#shopify)
- [Website Design examples](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/#website-design)
- [Brand & Logo Design examples](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/#branding)
- [Graphic Design & Illustration](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/#graphic-design-illustration)
- [Art & Printmaking Portfolio](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/art-printmaking-portfolio/): Rik Barwick's personal art and printmaking practice

### Shopify Case Studies

- [Shopify Migration & Retheme for Qwickhose](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/shopify-migration-for-qwickhose/)
- [Cole & Mason UK's Shopify Website](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/cole-and-mason/): Shopify build for a premium kitchenware brand, including localisation for European markets
- [Revitalising The Artisan Smokehouse](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/shopify-theme-success-story-artisan-smokehouse/): Shopify SEO and theme support
- [Shopify Migration for Celebrity Homeware](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/celebrity-homeware/): WooCommerce-to-Shopify migration for a large product catalogue

### Website Design & UX Case Studies

- [Website for Kitchenology](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/kitchenology-website/): Repositioning a luxury kitchen design brand with a new website and branding
- [E-Commerce Navigation Design for Portable Space](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/portable-space/): UX and information architecture for a shipping container and modular buildings supplier

### Brand Identity & Packaging Case Studies

- [Brand Identity & Packaging Design for Wolfbury Gin](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/suffolk-distillery-wolfbury-gin-design/)
- [Brand Identity & Website Design for Leif](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/the-leif-collective-branding/): Branding and content-led website for an ecological garden design business
- [Limoncello Brand & Label Design](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/suffolk-distillery-limoncello-branding-label-design/)
- [The Hartest Brewing Co Branding & Packaging](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/portfolio/the-hartest-brewing-co/): Brand and packaging design for a micro-brewery side project

## About & Contact

- [About](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/about/): Background on Rik Barwick and the studio
- [Contact](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/contact/): Get in touch — rik@rikbarwick.co.uk, 07802 530 465, 90 Church Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, CO10 9QT
- [Suffolk Web Design](https://rikbarwick.co.uk/suffolk-web-design-rik-barwick/): Local Suffolk-focused web design page

## Shop

- [Art Shop (rikbarwick.studio)](https://www.rikbarwick.studio): Store for prints and original art
- [Etsy Shop](https://rikbarwickdesign.etsy.com)

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