Welcome to the online home of Ramsay MacFarlane, a digital design specialist based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Ramsay brings design and marketing into the digital age, offering a range of specialist skills and knowledge to help grow and develop business through design and marketing.
Blindside Productions
Dave and Kat from the Blindside are now very much on my visible side...
More soon.
Date posted: 26/06/2009
The Honkys are in!
My long-running affair with Honky John and his latest creation The Honkys has just taken another exciting turn;
The Honkys has been selected for screening at the 4th Annual LA Independent TV Festival in August 2009!
I guess we had better go then...
Date posted: 25/06/2009
Finlayson Architects
Design is underway on a new website that will display the portfolio, services and contact details for Finlayson Architects.
Date posted: 20/05/2009
A Clockwork Orange Peel
Ramsay and Wee Tam have collaborated on a small video project called "A Clockwork Orange Peel". It features a segmented orange peel that can sense when daylight is approaching.
Date posted: 24/04/2009
Eclectic Ink
The Guys at Eclectic Ink on Queen Margaret Drive have asked me to design and build a website to showcase their work and services. There is a temporary holding page online now while the new site is developed.
Date posted: 15/04/2009
Scottish Mental Health
After volunteering for the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival last year, the Mental Health Foundation have approached me to work on a contract basis this year to develop the digital marketing side of the campaign.
The festival will run from the 1st October to the 22nd October this year.
Date posted: 06/04/2009
Bad Pony Media Group
The dudes and dudettes at Bad Pony have approached me with a view to creating their online presence. This will include 1 parent site (Bad Pony Media Group) and 3 micro sites (BP Creative, BP Television and BP Productions).
You can see the temporary holding page at:
Date posted: 18/11/2008
A silly little ryhme, built to pass some time »
Sometimes I try to sleep at the most inconvenient of times, the more I push to stifle my thoughts, the more they turn to ryhmes...
Date posted: 01/07/2008
Client: Archie and Libby MacGregor
URL: www.allanfauld.com
Date: 10/06/09
Job Remit: Design a brand that suits both the Livestock and the Accommodation aspects of Allanfauld Farm, and then apply that brand to a fully Content-Managed Website, with a latest-news/blog facility.
Client: The Mental Health Foundation
URL: www.mhfestival.com
Date: Apr'09 > Oct'09
Job Remit: Contract work for The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2009. This involves maintaining the festival's website, designing and integrating new features and implementing the new 2009 brand.
Client: Merchant Soul, Glasgow.
URL: www.merchantsoul.com
Date: Feb 2009 - Present
Job Remit: Work on a freelance basis with the Merchant Soul team to provide design services for clients such as Kwik Fit Insurance, New Balance Trainers and Strathclyde Pension Fund.
Client: Denise Campbell, Edinburgh.
Date: 01/03/09
Job Remit: Design and develop a brand and website for a new learning and development company called 'Alma Learning'.
Client: John McFarlane, Glasgow / New York.
URL: www.thehonkys.com
Date: ongoing...
Job Type: Branding, web design, web development, search engine optimisation, social network marketing,
Technology utilised: xHTML, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, MPEG4, Flash Video and Quicktime.
Programs utilised: 
Client Response: "Outstanding commitment to a very tough project."
Ramsay loves photography; it sooths the mind. It is also really good fun when there are other people involved in the process.
Above you can see Ramsay's latest photos on Flickr.
» see more of Ramsay's photos on Flickr
Everyone loves music. Musical taste shouldn't be categorised - a good track is a good track.
Above you can find a selection of Ramsay's all-time favourite artists, albums and tracks, all found at Last.Fm.
