Independent designer & developer · North East England

Most people build grids.I bring out the place.

From first thought to finished build, everything stays in one pair of hands. Photography, film, art direction and code are developed as one piece of work.

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Illustrative cutaway of The Old Workshop, showing the living space within the timber building — The Old Workshop

The actual Old Workshop exterior, showing the timber building, roof skylights and external stair — The Old Workshop

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Selected workOne place / several ways of seeing it

Website study · In development

The Old
Workshop.

A private stay in Corbridge. The building, wooded setting and small rituals of a visit give the website its starting point.

Arrival 1 / 3

The Old Workshop beyond its entrance gate — ArrivalThe first impression

Warm light falling across The Old Workshop living room — InsideThe feeling of being there

The Old Workshop set against woodland — SettingThe place around it

The work carries the imagery. The practice carries the thinking.

What I doOne practice / four connected parts

From the first thought to the finished site.

There is no handoff between the idea and the build.

Direction

Finding the story, priorities and point of view before the layout begins.

Design

Composing a site around the business, the material and the way people use each screen.

Build

Making the designed site work: fast, clear, responsive and straightforward to maintain.

Photography + Film

Editing what is already strong and creating the images the website still needs.

ApproachPlace → material → website

The place sets
the direction.

Start with what is distinctive. Edit the material that exists. Make what is missing. Let the layout grow from there.

A small demonstration

One place.
Two compositions.

Changing the frame changes what a visitor sees first. Desktop and mobile deserve separate decisions.

The Old Workshop and the landscape around it, shown in a changeable composition — Same placeA wider sense of the setting

Jon LindsayIndependent by design

One person behind the whole thing.

I’m Jon. My background is in advertising strategy and concepts, followed by nearly 20 years making architectural film and photography. Now I design and build the website as well.

The point is to bring the thinking, the eye and the finished site together.

Built to work

Fast. Responsive. Maintainable. Properly hosted and supported.

ContactStart with a conversation

Tell me about the place.

Contact details to follow.

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