Charles Ryder

Website design for the modern world

As an interdisciplinary arts professional, I take pride in my ability to provide prompt attention to my clients’ needs, backed by artistic sensibility and technical expertise.

With a global perspective, I strive to optimize technology to promote creativity through classic design.

Beyond my technical expertise, I boast a deep literacy in the arts and culture, further enhancing my ability to cater to the diverse needs of my clients.

Whether working with artists, performers, curators, collectors, poets or writers, my friendly response to project enquiries ensures a smooth and stress-free collaboration.

Recent projects

Andrew Glynne

New website built with WordPress, Elementor and Elementor Pro for the new music composer Andrew Glynne.

Paul Reeves

website page detail with text and embedded video

Paul Reeves has written some of advertising’s most memorable music. This recent update features his work forAutoTrader UK.

I have been creating websites for 18 years.

My goal is to create distinctive, personalised websites dedicated to personal creativity, professional skills, artistic collaboration and cultural enterprise.

Piano tuner Tim Hendy is one of my original website customers. His website is founded on good user experience, reliable information, solid bookings, page one search results, and a bit of playfulness. It is a success.

Piano tuner Tim Hendy at the Cobbe Collection, Surrey
Tim Hendy at the Cobbe Collection, Surrey, England
Calum Storrie, mirror self portrait

Calum Storrie is an exhibition and museum designer based in London. He is a serious client with definitive tastes and standards for style, presentation, balance and narrative. When these things are known, a webmaster has an opportunity to focus on the craft of coding and the implementation of special features.

Julie Marino is a New York playwright and storyteller.

We have created two websites. Welcome to the Caravanserai is Julie’s portfolio site, showcasing her plays and literary vignettes. The single page Synesthesia Radio Theatre is more experimental, a kind of podcast webpage mashup.

Julie Marino in DC

“I believe in the transformative power of storytelling. Since humans began to speak, storytelling has been how we discover, how we learn, how we understand, how we create and transcend. It’s how we construct our world and our selves.”

You can learn more about my clients and my approach to building websites on my page dedicated to practical advice for website owners.