About us

The Beautiful Ideas Co. is a collective of local entrepreneurs and leaders. Working first in North Liverpool, and now in Birkenhead and Woodside, their coalition of the willing was born out of the Beautiful North, a wide-scale regeneration project that changed attitudes and perceptions of, and in, North Liverpool. Beautiful Ideas Co. are investing in sustainable ideas and innovative projects that have a positive impact in the North.

Chainsaw Communications transforms traditional corporate messaging into compelling and memorable stories that keep audiences engaged. They aim to help clients and friends communicate their stories in a clear, consistent and meaningful way by identifying the critical facts and figures, and crafting effective and memorable presentations that will set you apart from the competition.

Mersey Ultimate is a club that aims to grow and sustain Ultimate frisbee in Merseyside. They run leagues, tournaments, and coaching clinics, as well as train coaches and coordinate with local Clubs & Schools all year round for all players in Merseyside. They aim to provide something for everyone, from the competitive athlete to the social player and newbie. They deliver to 8 year olds in schools, right through to 50+ year olds.

Rawhide Custom creates premium leather goods using the finest British veg-tanned leather. Their range includes belts, key lanyards, sunglasses cases and wallets. All items are made entirely by hand using traditional techniques, and can be personalised with embossed initials. Whether crafting merchandise for brands or a unique piece for a memorable gift, the quality of their work is clear to see. Only the best will do.

Puppetuity is a small puppetry company offering puppetry solutions from shows and workshops to consultation and puppet making. They provided freelance puppetry all over the country in schools, theatres and festivals whilst providing custom puppet characters for everything from small commercial interests, to film, music videos and large charity events. They even do children’s parties.

Their mission is to use technology for social good revolving around their three core values – innovation, participation and collaboration. They offer a range of services, all using technology for social advancement, that include providing creative services for organisations operating in the third, public, education and arts sectors; offering education support to education providers to enhance their teaching and learning practices and supporting other organisations in using technology for social good.

Little Vintage Photography was founded by Rachel Brewster Wright with the intention to help people embrace the unique, imperfect and beautiful craft of analogue film photography. She runs classes and events, and does wedding photography. Little Vintage Photography also has a hirable, traveling photo-booth-inside-a-caravan named Rosie! Rosie comes complete with a camera obscura and mini-darkroom facilities.

The White Pube is an art criticism website and research project ran by Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad. They publish a new text each week/ mostly exhibition reviews but sometimes baby essays. They also exhibit, curate, run an online, open-access library and a shop.

Pretty Flamingo is a vintage fashion label that encourages the world to dress up, cheer up and “showcase what ya mamma gave ya!” Their aim is to share their passion for style and enable you to flash a little colour and fun into this sometimes dull world.

Lee is a Merseyside artist who has spent most of his life living and working in Liverpool. He likes to use a range different media and has in the past produced multimedia installations. Lee has recently joined Make studios in the Northern Docks of Liverpool and is looking forward to producing a new body of 3-Dimensional work.

Cappa E Spada was founded by Anthony Parry back in 2012, he custom builds, creates and designs a full range of imaged pieces of high-end furniture and wall art using an array of creative methods. All of his work is hand built using the finest of materials-techniques and delivered all across the UK.

Urbanseaprojects sell beautiful handmade & upcycled items from cards to furniture for all occasions. This company is the passion project and creative outlet for it’s founders, so they find it hard to put limits on what they do! As their projects are ever changing, click ‘Read More’ to find out what they’re up to now!

Following a successful Kickstarter campaign to re-create Italian Futurist Artist Umberto Boccioni’s lost sculpture, Matt Smith continues to explore the possibilities of digital tools, 3D printing technology and traditional methods of making. This is a personal project inspired by the work of Boccioni, bringing the work from the past so it may be experienced in the present. Spiral Expansion of Muscles in Movement 1913 (destroyed 1917) was made just before Boccioni’s masterpiece Unique Forms of Continuity in Space 1913 that survived, and can be seen in Tate Modern London and MoMA in New York.