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Hands-on AI workshops.
A place to make your next move.

A little paper.
A bigger possibility.

Bring a question. Work it through.
Leave with a system you built.

Take a seat
A sculptural studio made from folded paper, periwinkle panels and brass tools.

Ideas are nice.
Making one work
feels different.

Look inside the method
The 1842 paper theatreIllustrative concept
Find ↗Understand ↗Build ↗Prepare ↗

A whole world
in a working idea.

Four moves turn an open question into something you can use. Scroll through the room, or turn the chapters yourself.

A real source
Your judgment
Something that works
The method comes home
A place to work things through
Chapter 1 / Find

Start with a question you can hold.

Choose one real piece of friction. Put the source material on the table before reaching for a tool.

The method, made tangible

Pull it apart.
See how it works.

Good systems aren’t a magic answer. They’re a few good decisions, connected.

Find / The source page

A bounded question and material you can point to. Every later decision starts here.

FindThe source
UnderstandThe rule
BuildThe test
PrepareThe next run
Open the method

Select a chapter above or on the booklet. Drag the progress control to open, separate, and close it.

A few good tools.
A lot of room to play.

Try an idea. Change a detail.
Keep what helps you make it yours.

Make your mark.

A composition pad
A small reminder
to keep making.

Drag, or select a sticker and use the arrow keys.

Give a good rule
a real test.

“It sounds convincing.”
Sample claim

“This worksheet made our team better.”

Sounds plausible.What would you need to know?

The lens checks whether the supplied claim has support.

Keep the
unfinished bit.

A failed example is useful material.

Your paper studio.

Paper palette

Turn the fold. Feel the space.

Start a little smaller.

“Help me use AI.”

“Compare these three opportunities against my two criteria. Show the source for each claim.”

Don’t just imagine it.
Make it work.

Build a small system. Run a supplied example, inspect what fails, and give it a better rule.

Your practice workbench
What are we making?
Your supplied test material

Three opportunities, one missing source.

Your running order

Drag the pieces, or use their left and right buttons. A check belongs before the output.

    Four pieces are ready. Run the sample to inspect the result.

    Local rule-based exercise. No AI calls.

    Something to show.
    Something to keep.

    The output and the method belong together. Open an artifact to see what comes home.

    1 / 3

    Opportunity shortlist

    A source, a fit decision, and a reason to keep going.

    Open the working notes +
    • Keep each original source.
    • Name your fit criteria before comparing.
    • Hold unknowns for a human check.

    Illustrative artifacts, not participant results.

    From “what if”
    to “here’s how.”

    A short story from the director’s desk.
    One question. One useful system.

    One real questionWhich opportunity
    fits my criteria?
    Make judgment visibleKeep the reason.
    Show the source.
    ✓ Relevant✓ Supported
    Try the awkward exampleNo source?
    Keep it open.
    ? Needs a human check
    Your working systemReady for
    another run.
    Find

    Start with one real question and the sources behind it.

    0:00 / 0:24
    Read the four-scene story
    1. Find: Start with one real question and the sources behind it.
    2. Understand: Name what counts as relevant, and require source evidence.
    3. Build: Run an incomplete example. Missing evidence stays open for a person to check.
    4. Prepare: Save the sources, rule, failure, and next step. Take the method home.

    A place to start.
    A plan that fits.

    Five choices become a week of practice.
    No account. No email gate.

    Your workshop path1 of 5

    There’s a place
    for you at this table.

    Bring the thing you’re working through. Compare approaches. Show what broke. Make the next version together.

    Hands arranging paper cards and notebooks together around a warm workshop table.
    Generated workshop concept. Not documentation of an event.

    Pack the good bits.
    Take the method home.

    Your selected chapters, artifacts, system and plan live here. Save a copy whenever you’re ready.

    Your workshop kit

    Your folder is open. Keep a chapter or artifact to add your first piece.

    Saved only in this browser when storage is available.

    A note to your future self.

    Choose a date to create an all-day practice reminder.

    Less watching.
    More making.

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