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ULTRAHEAVY

Work with gravity.
Ideas with weight.
Progress with purpose.

Discover · Design · Develop · Deliver

About

UltraHeavy is a working forge for ideas - a place where craft, clarity, and curiosity meet.
We make things, fix things, and figure things out.

Some days that means shaping an idea into a product, crafting a brand's digital home, or building tools that make the work feel a little lighter.
Other days it means helping a café owner make sense of their costs, or building a space online where people share what actually works.

It's not a consultancy, and it's not a brand factory.
It's a workshop for people who still believe that care, craft, and curiosity are what truly move things forward.

Why It Exists

Good work shouldn't feel mysterious.
Sometimes clarity comes easier when someone's willing to walk beside you.

And structure is useful - but only if it leaves room for the human stuff: improvisation, humor, grace.

UltraHeavy is about momentum - a steady hand and a curious mind, moving in the same direction.

How It Works

We start with a conversation.
We look at what's in front of you, what's getting in the way, and what you already have that's worth keeping.
Then we build from there - nothing ornamental, nothing for show.

We make small, durable things: a clearer process, a tool that fits your hand, a better way to share what you know.

Our rhythm - the 4D Flow

Discover.

We start by learning what's really happening - what you make, how it works, and where it could go next. This is where the story, the data, and the goals come together.

Design.

We take what we've learned and sketch out clear options - ways to grow, simplify, or reach new people. Ideas turn into plans you can see and test.

Develop.

The plan becomes real. We build what's needed - a system, a brand, a process, or a tool - and make sure it works for the people who'll use it.

Deliver.

Once everything holds together, we launch it, share it, or hand it over - complete, understandable, and ready to grow. The aim is always the same: to improve and keep moving.

Origins

Founded by Martin Harrison, a Scottish-born designer and problem-solver living in Houston.

He's spent more than three decades working where systems and people meet - across energy, technology, design, and hospitality.

The early years were spent in the oil and gas sector, supporting engineering teams and learning the mechanics of how complex operations stay reliable.
That technical grounding led to his first company - one of Scotland's early internet service providers - and opened the door to online business at a time when the web was still taking shape.
From there, he built and managed digital ventures on both sides of the Atlantic, combining systems thinking with design and business development.

Later came design studios, digital agencies, and restaurants - places where creativity, service, and structure had to coexist.
Along the way he started companies, helped others steady theirs, and learned that every industry runs on the same steady fundamentals: clarity, respect, and a willingness to keep learning.

UltraHeavy grew out of that: a lifelong pull toward making sense of things - and leaving behind something useful for the next person.

What It Stands For

UltraHeavy began by helping people figure things out, and discovering along the way that their questions and work helped shape it in return.

We value patience over perfection, clarity over noise, and small, deliberate steps that hold their weight over time.

  • • Work should feel real, not ritual.
  • • Simplicity is earned through care, not shortcuts.
  • • Curiosity builds understanding faster than certainty.
  • • The best systems remember who they're for.
  • • Progress happens when people build together.

Collaborate

We work with artists, engineers, operators, and founders to turn ideas into systems. Let's start something.

Solutions for the unexpected. Built to share what works.