About Beyond: One senior team. Everything made in our studio.
Beyond is a creative agency in Southampton that designs brands, builds websites and runs digital marketing for established businesses, most of them high-end restaurants and premium wine and spirits brands.
Trusted by The Fat Duck, Moor Hall, Incognito and Fortunate Son
studio, SouthamptonWhat Beyond does
Sixteen services in four groups. Hire us for one, or for all of them.
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Branding and design
We work out what your business stands for and how it should look, then draw it: logos, illustration, labels, boxes and menus.
It's drawn by hand in our studio, so the result is recognisably yours on every bottle, page and post.
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Websites, online shops and web apps
We design and code custom websites, build online shops (usually on Shopify), and make booking tools and interactive pages when a site needs to do more.
The people who design your site also build it, so nothing gets lost between the two, and your team can edit every page afterwards.
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Search, social media and ads
We help the right people find you: SEO (showing up on Google for what your customers type), Google Ads, social media, and paid ads on Facebook and Instagram.
The posts and ads are made in our own studio, so they match the rest of your brand, and we report on enquiries and sales, not just clicks.
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Photography, animation and video
Photos of your food, drink, rooms and products, brand films, and animation made from your own artwork.
Our photographer and film director work alongside the designers, so every shoot is planned around where the pictures will be used.
What makes Beyond different
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Everything is made in one studio
Branding, illustration, animation, websites, SEO, photography and film are all done by the seven of us in Southampton. Many agencies pass the design, the coding or the filming to outside suppliers; we don't, so one team sees the whole picture and you have one place to call.
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The people you meet do the work
There's no hand-over to a junior team after the first meeting. Your first call is with the people who would work on your project, and Daniel, our Creative Director, stays your main contact from start to finish.
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Drawn by hand, not picked from a library
Our designers draw original artwork for menus, labels, websites and animation instead of using stock images. That's how Fortunate Son found us: they saw our work for The Fat Duck and wanted something just as different for their wine.
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Custom-built websites, not templates
We design and code each website ourselves, on Next.js with the Sanity editor, instead of fitting a WordPress or Squarespace theme. The site is built around your business, loads quickly, and your team can change any page without calling us.
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Clients stay for years
We've worked with The Fat Duck since 2016, and Incognito has had its look from us since its bars opened, then came back for the boxes and labels of its spirits range. Knowing your brand that well means less briefing and quicker work each time.
Who uses Beyond
Established businesses with a real story to tell, and the ambition to tell it well.
Three-Michelin-star restaurants and fine-dining groups, such as The Fat Duck and Moor Hall.
Wineries and wine estates in California and France, such as Fortunate Son, Summer Dreams Wines and Chêne Bleu.
Spirits brands and cocktail bars launching or growing a range, such as Incognito and Moosh Vodka.
Pubs, restaurants and food brands opening or relaunching, such as The Kirkmichael Arms and Zouk.
Healthcare and public services that need to reach people who won't come looking, such as BeU Swindon.
Manufacturers and visitor attractions with a story to tell, such as Screencraft and Marwell Zoo.
Marketing teams who want brand, website and marketing from one place, rather than three suppliers.
Some of the work
The team behind Beyond
Daniel founded Beyond several years ago. As a designer at other agencies, he watched businesses with something special to sell end up with polished work that could have belonged to anyone. The client only ever spoke to an account manager, so the designers never heard the story first-hand. Beyond works the other way round. You speak directly to the senior experts doing the work, they solve problems themselves, and the result looks like nobody else's.
Today we're a team of seven in our Southampton studio: a creative director, a software guy, an SEO specialist, two designers who also animate and edit video, a film director and a photographer. Daniel runs every project, and the rest of the team join for the parts that need them.
Daniel
Creative Director
Daniel sets the creative direction for everything we make, and still designs and draws himself. He's the person you'll talk to from the first call to launch, so nothing you tell us gets lost in a handover.
Creative direction · Design · Illustration · Project management
Marcin
Software Guy
Marcin makes sure our websites work as well as they look. He's a software engineer who builds every site from scratch, so pages load fast, feel easy on any phone and are simple for your team to update.
Software engineering · Sanity and Next.js · Technical planning · UX
Bailey
SEO Specialist
Bailey gets our clients found on Google, in the UK and abroad. He builds search into a website from day one, and when a site moves to a new address he makes sure its rankings move with it. He judges his work by the enquiries it brings in.
Technical SEO · International SEO · Site moves · Analytics
Paola
Designer and Video Editor
Paola has a rare eye for what makes people stop and look. She often knows what a client wants before they've found the words for it, and she brings their brand to life across websites and social posts, then sets the artwork moving with animation and video.
Digital design · Motion and animation · Social media · Video editing
Hannah
Designer and Video Editor
Hannah moves easily between screen and print, from a website to a menu. She animates her own designs and edits the video around them, so an idea stays whole from the first sketch to the finished film.
Digital design · Animation · Video editing · Content
Lucian
Film Director and Videographer
Lucian directs our brand films, from the first idea to the final cut. He finds the story in a place and the people behind it, and films it so watching feels like being there.
Brand film · Video production
Neil
Photographer
Neil photographs food, drink, places and products so they look as good on screen as they do in person. He shoots at your place or in the studio, with every picture planned around where it will be used.
Photography
How Beyond works
From your first message to after launch, this is what to expect.
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Get in touch
Use the form below, email hello@theplacebeyond.com or call 02382 449742. We reply within one working day.
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A free first call
You talk it through with the people who would do the work. There's no charge and no obligation.
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A written proposal
Usually within a week of the call, setting out the work, who does it, the dates and the cost.
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Kick-off
We start with a workshop to learn your business, your customers and what the work has to achieve, and agree a plan and dates.
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While we work
Daniel is your main contact, by email, phone and video call. You see the work at each stage and approve it before the next, and how often we catch up depends on you and what the project needs.
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After launch
We train your team to edit the site, then stay on for support, SEO or social media on a monthly basis if you want us to. How long a project takes depends on its size and our workload; you get dates in the proposal.
Key facts
- Company name
- Beyond (also known as The Place Beyond)
- Type
- Creative and digital agency: branding, website design and development, and digital marketing
- Founder
- Daniel
- Headquarters
- Frobisher House, Nelson Gate, Southbrook Road, Southampton, SO15 1GX, United Kingdom
- Website
- theplacebeyond.com
- Core offering
- Brands, custom websites and digital marketing for established businesses, all made in-house by one senior team
- Pricing
- Quoted per project after a free call, based on the scope. Ongoing support, SEO and social media are billed monthly. No published price list.
- Contract terms
- Each project is agreed in a written proposal. Ongoing work runs month to month.
- Services
- Creative direction, branding, logo design, illustration, packaging design, website design, web development, ecommerce (Shopify), web apps, UX and UI design, digital marketing, SEO, Google Ads, social media, paid social, photography, animation and video
- Communication
- Email (hello@theplacebeyond.com), phone (02382 449742) and video calls. Replies within one working day.
- Notable clients
- The Fat Duck, Moor Hall, Fortunate Son, Summer Dreams Wines, Chêne Bleu, Incognito, The Kirkmichael Arms, Zouk, BeU Swindon, Marwell Zoo, Screencraft
- Team
- Seven people, all based in Southampton
- Where clients are
- Across the UK, the United States (California) and France
- Competitors
- Other independent branding and web studios, large marketing agencies, freelance designers and developers, and template website builders such as Squarespace
- Social
- Instagram: @the_place_beyond
Frequently asked questions
What does Beyond do?
We design brands, build custom websites and online shops, and run SEO, social media and ads, with photography, film and animation made in the same studio. Clients come to us for one of those or all of them.
Where is Beyond based?
Our studio is at Frobisher House in Southampton, Hampshire. We work with clients wherever they are, from Moor Hall in Lancashire to wineries in California and Provence.
Who founded Beyond?
Daniel founded Beyond several years ago, so that one team could make a business's brand, website and pictures in a style of its own. He still runs every project and sets the studio's creative direction.
How big is the team?
Seven people: a creative director, a software guy, an SEO specialist, two designers who also animate and edit video, a film director and a photographer. Everything we make for you is made by us, not passed to outside suppliers.
How much does Beyond charge?
It depends on the scope, so we don't publish prices. After a free call you get a written proposal with the cost; ongoing support and marketing are billed monthly.
Do you only work with restaurants and drinks brands?
No. They're most of our work, but we also work with established businesses and organisations elsewhere, such as BeU Swindon, a youth mental health service, and Screencraft, who make in-store displays in Hull.
Do you use WordPress or website templates?
No. We design and code every website ourselves, usually on Next.js with the Sanity editor, and online shops on Shopify. It means the site fits your business rather than a theme, and your team can still edit it.
How quickly will you reply?
Within one working day. Tell us about the job in the form below, even roughly, and we'll set up a free call to talk it through.
Work with us
Tell us about the job.
Describe it in your own words, even if you don't know which service it needs yet. We'll reply within one working day and set up a free call to talk it through.
What happens next
- 1You'll hear back from us within one working day.
- 2We'll set up a free, no-obligation call with the people who'd actually do the work. Everything is made in-house.
- 3You get a clear proposal with scope, timeline and cost, usually within a week of our call.
