Spacedust/Web
The Old Workshop cottage set among trees in Corbridge

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Spacedust / Web

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The Old Workshop, Corbridge   /   First project study

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The core idea

The website starts with the place.

Architecture, landscape, people, history and atmosphere shape the design. The technology follows.

ArchitectureLandscapePeopleHistoryAtmosphere
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First proof · In development

The Old
Workshop.

A private stay in Corbridge, and the first site to grow from this approach. The building, wooded setting and small rituals of a visit set its tone and pace.

The Old Workshop living space, with warm light across timber and furnishings
01   /   The feeling of the place
The Old Workshop nestled beside woodland
02   /   A sense of arrival

The site is being developed around the character of one particular place, from its first impression to the details that help a guest imagine being there.

One place. One point of view.Corbridge, Northumberland
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How it begins

The
Sound Room.

Before designing, we write considered questions and let the client speak naturally. Those conversations reveal the stories, language, priorities and character the site should carry.

Conversation / Notes01—03

01What do people notice when they arrive?

02What should this place never lose?

03What do you want someone to understand before they come?

From conversationLanguage
Structure
Visual direction
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Made for the site

Content is part
of the website.

The stills, small films, details and movement give the site its shape. We can originate exactly what the story needs, rather than fill a layout with whatever happens to be available.

Aerial view showing The Old Workshop within its wider landscape
Setting / the wider picture
Timber beams and joinery inside The Old Workshop
Character / the details
Bread and thoughtful hospitality details at The Old Workshop
Hospitality / the small moments
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Working with material

Use what exists.
Create what’s missing.

Two routes, equal in care. Most projects combine both.

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Use what exists

Existing film, photography, archive, phone or social material can be reshaped into stills, loops and assets made for the web.

02

Create what’s missing

A focused website capture day gathers the stills, short films, aerials, details and movement the pages actually need.

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Every screen considered

Designed for the
screen it’s on.

A smaller screen calls for its own composition. Crops, sequence, movement and even content can change, so the idea remains intact wherever it is seen.

Wide composition of The Old Workshop and its entrance gate
Wide / the setting
Portrait composition of The Old Workshop with wildflowers in the foreground
Narrow / the arrival
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Quietly capable

Built
differently.

Fast, lightweight sites with fewer moving parts. Clear to use and straightforward to look after.

Managed hosting, security, backups, monitoring and support keep things running smoothly, with fewer things to go wrong.

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After launch

A site should
keep living.

We stay creatively involved. As the business evolves, new material, stories and changes can be curated and introduced with the same care as the first launch.

The Old Workshop and the changing light in the surrounding trees
The Old Workshop among the trees
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Begin a conversation

Tell us about a place
worth sharing.

What makes it particular? We’d like to hear.

Contact details to follow