Dark Flare Design

27/09/2025

New website created for A1 Roughcasting — it was an absolute pleasure creating this one page website for David at A1, an Irvine based Roughcasting, Rendering and Plastering business.

High-quality roughcasting, rendering & plastering with a 10-year guarantee. Competitive prices. Covering Ayrshire & South Glasgow. Free no-obligation quotes.

17/04/2025

🆕 A one page website created for Simply Fit with Kara

A custom designed mobile-friendly website was produced using client provided photography and their own copy. A simple logo was also created.

ℹ️ Not all websites need to be large scale projects, especially if your business just needs a basic presence online. A one page website can act as an online brochure, and if needed, be expanded as your business grows.

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👋 Hi, I’m Iain, a designer and web developer from Ayrshire. I produce accessible, easy-to-use websites and simple effective design for print.

16/04/2025

🆕 A one page website created for The Woodhouse Hotel, Largs

A custom designed mobile-friendly website was produced using client provided photography and their existing logo. Copy from the previous website was summarised and updated to work on a single page. A third-party booking widget was also integrated.

ℹ️ Not all websites need to be large scale projects, especially if your business just needs a basic presence online. A one page website can act as an online brochure, and if needed, be expanded as your business grows.

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👋 Hi, I’m Iain, a designer and web developer from Ayrshire. I produce accessible, easy-to-use websites and simple effective design for print.

15/04/2025

🆕 New website created for Ralston Contracts — specialist landscape contractors in Ayrshire.

The site features a custom design, a responsive layout that adapts to different screen sizes, and it runs on a simple and easy to use content management system (CMS) for straightforward updates.

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👋 Hi, I’m Iain, a designer and web developer from Ayrshire. I produce accessible, easy-to-use websites and simple effective design for print.

06/12/2024

💻 Website Redesign for McLaren Plant and Contracting based in Oban.

After creating McLaren’s first website back in 2016, and later expanding it from one page to a multi-page site with a Content Management System (CMS) in 2020 it was time earlier this year (2024) to redesign the site to better reflect how the company operate today.

With copy and photography provided by McLaren a new custom designed website theme was created for the existing CMS.

The new design is cleaner, faster loading and even easier to use than earlier iterations.

ℹ️ Not all website redesigns require a full rebuild or change of the installed content management system. Starting small and incrementally expanding your website as your business grows is also an option.

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👋 Hi, I’m Iain, a designer and web developer from Ayrshire. I produce accessible, easy-to-use websites and simple effective design for print.

05/12/2024

🆕 A one page website created for DG Mackay Haulage of Oban.

A custom designed single page website was created based on existing promotional material and client provided photography. This project included production of web copy and recreation of the logo based on the vehicle artwork.

ℹ️ Not all websites need to be large scale projects, especially if your business just needs a basic presence online. A one page website can act as an online brochure, and if needed, be expanded as your business grows.

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👋 Hi, I’m Iain, a designer and web developer from Ayrshire. I produce accessible, easy-to-use websites and simple effective design for print.

21/11/2024

🆕 New website created for The Visionary VA Circle (ViVA)

I had a blast working on this project for Holly Copsey of Virtually Priceless who recently launched the website and podcast for her virtual assistant mentoring services and Facebook community.

This project involved a refresh of the ViVA logo, and a custom designed and developed WordPress theme.

It was also an opportunity to work with Meghan Downs who provided all the copy for the project, she was brilliant to work with, and her content really helped guide the structure of the website.

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👋 Hi, I’m Iain, a designer and web developer from Ayrshire. I produce accessible, easy-to-use websites and simple effective design for print.

16/11/2024

🆕 New website created for The Espresso Kart & Coffee Bar

This was a fun one! Working with their existing bold branding I designed and developed a website with a mobile-friendly layout, and integrated Kirby CMS, ensuring that the site is easy to navigate and update.

It was a pleasure working alongside LyndseyPell_Marketing_ who provided the copywriting, and made sure the site was on message.

✅ Mobile-friendly
✅ Easy to navigate
✅ Easy to update

🌐 https://espressokart.co.uk/

If you need assistance with your website, I can help!

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👋 Hi, I’m Iain, a designer and web developer from Ayrshire. I produce accessible, easy-to-use websites and simple effective design for print.

15/07/2024

Recent Work: a new ecommerce website for Crystal Healing and Wellness.

Project included setup and customisation of an online store powered by Shopify, utilising their Dawn theme, and creation of a simple text based logo.

🌐 https://crystalhealingandwellness.co.uk/

09/07/2024

It was a pleasure to work on this site alongside Laura and the McLaren team.

McLaren Plant & Contracting Ltd is a civil engineering and groundworks contractor based in Argyll, delivering a diverse range of projects to commercial, agricultural, and domestic customers throughout Scotland.

02/07/2024

I was recently interviewed by DesignRush about my thoughts on web design and my approach to recent projects.

Dark Flare Design owner shares with DesignRush readers why hiding behind business jargon may hurt your site and business.