This is the blog of Darren Ward the director of Red Raven Design Ltd. A design practice based in north Cumbria, England offering everything from architectural services to web design. This blog is intended as an informal place where the current works and thoughts of the practice are placed within the public domain to stimulate debate and increase awareness of the need for good design.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Woolly Art

It was a long time in the making but the only thing woolly about this site is in the name (www.woollyrug.com). This Flash based website has been designed to reflect the works of Jane Exley and her contemporary locally crafted rugs. Based in Ambleside The Woolly Rug Co. makes hand crafted rugs exclusively from Herdwick wool farmed probably in sight of Jane’s studio.

It’s one of the small yet growing number of businesses that take the traditional and turn it contemporary – something I strive to do, particularly when it comes to architecture.