Ross Hume is the lead designer at Boulder. He has an extensive background in the world of social research and management consultancy. He has also travelled widely and been involved in volunteer projects around the world. All this gives Boulder a real-life basis for its work: we are not in the business of showing off artistic skills or designing for design’s sake.

We often work in partnership with other like-minded people to expand our capacity and make sure we have the expertise to deliver what you need. One regular design partner is Tor Studio, an outfit based in Matlock, Derbyshire.

Ross Hume has a long-term relationship with The KSA Partnership - a management consultancy group in North East England. Ross has worked on many consultancy projects with them, as well as providing design and IT support.

Other partners include Three Pebbles - an online learning company that we have been an integral part of since its inception, working on product development, graphic design, and general business development; and Priority Research Ltd, a social research house in Sheffield.

We do what we do because we love doing it, and we want you to love the results too! We will dedicate everything necessary to get the job done on time, on budget and with a personal flavour that leaves us with a lasting working relationship.

We will build a deep understanding of what it is you are trying to achieve, and are keen to hear your opinions and feedback. Every project will be treated as unique.

You will get thoughtful and provocative creative output. It will be based on real-world experience of business development, research and consultancy. Involvement in music, travel and the outdoors also contributes to our holistic approach and helps us create work with integrity and coherence.

Read more about our connection with the third sector (charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profit) by visiting Boulder Design and the Third Sector.

Creative, reliable, talented, understanding... my sort of company. Boulder Design is our company of choice for all creative web-based solutions

Kevyn Smith, The KSA Partnership

Ross immediately understood our needs - a professional website that we can easily update ourselves with functions for donating and shopping online. To keep our branding consistent, we have also used Boulder Design for promotional materials. Since the redevelopment our funding streams have increased and supporters have enjoyed keeping up to date with our work.

Jo Williams, Village Aid

Totally cool. Thanks a lot. I am now inspired to put a presentation together instead of monitoring budgets!

Alix Pearson, Foundation Degrees Forward

Three Pebbles Ltd have worked closely with Boulder Design over the past four years in which period we developed from scratch an IT based business enterprise programme. This would not have been possible without Boulder Design’s flexible and innovative approach and much of the credit for the success of the programme can be attributed to Boulder Design. We would not hesitate to recommend Boulder Design.

Neville Hall, Chief Executive, Three Pebbles Ltd

Boulder Design has helped us re-design our website completely. The good thing about them is that they spend time and effort in understanding the business and the audience making them very effective in what they deliver.

Namrata Agarwal, Mondo Challenge

We were delighted with Ross’s work on our new company website. He listened carefully to what we needed and as a result produced a site which was well designed and reasonably priced. We were delighted with the end result and will continue to use his services in future and to recommend him to our colleagues

Peter Stone, Peter Stone Consulting