Colouring books & creative gifts
Make festive colouring books, activity packs, cards and personalised gifts. Use AI to explore ideas, then design and prepare the finished product.
The Christmas workshop is openIdeas deserve
Ideas deserve
to become real.
Build useful things.
With people who move you forward.
The Black builder advantage.
Tools we use
Less waiting.
More making.
A community for Black builders.
Learn the tools. Make useful things.
Own more of what comes next.
Who is this for?
Creators. Builders. Business owners.
People ready to make something of their own.
People with an idea
For the curious. For the people ready to begin.
Explore your starting point
Creatives & makers
For artists, designers, musicians and makers.
Explore your starting point
Builders & founders
For developers, founders and people building what comes next.
Explore your starting point
Independent business owners
For independent owners growing something of their own.
Explore your starting point
The Christmas workshop 2026
What will you make?
A book. A song. A gift. Something that starts with you.
Colouring books
Your stories, illustrated. A little imagination on every page.
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Christmas season special · 2026Make something
Make something
worth giving.
This Christmas, we’re using AI to turn ideas into products, music and gifts. Things people can enjoy, give to someone they love, or buy for the season.
Explore the Christmas workshopChristmas music & playlists
Create original festive music, explore Christmas versions of your own songs, and curate playlists for gifting, gatherings and the season.
Physical & digital products
Design journals, printables, digital gift packs and more. Start with who it’s for and make something they would want to use.
Make it ready to buy
Build a product page, prepare the files or print version, work through pricing and delivery, and get your Christmas collection ready to share.
Choose a product. Make a first version. Get feedback. Prepare it for the Christmas season.
The buildStart with an idea.
Start with an idea.
See where it goes.
Space to learn, try, and make progress.
Explore the build tracksYour directionChoose your
Choose your
starting point.
Apps+
Turn an idea into something people can use. Explore product thinking, interfaces and your first working build.
Platforms+
Bring a real workflow online. Explore how the experience, data and people fit together.
Audience+
Find the people your work is for. Build a clear position and give your next launch a direction.
AI workflows+
Use AI to support useful work. Experiment with tools while keeping your judgment in the process.
Make our own.
Own the outcome.
Being pro Black means building the means to produce. Our own goods. Our own offers. The skills to make them, sell them and keep a stake in what comes next.
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Work through it together.
The proposed community brings focused build sessions, product feedback and space to share progress into one place. The founding programme is still taking shape.
Working with toolsYour idea.
Your idea.
A wider set of tools.
Prototype the idea. Build it out. Give it a name and put it online. Or create something physical or digital, from a colouring book to an interactive tool.
Prototype the idea.
Get an idea into a working prototype. Try the flow, test what makes sense and see what the next version needs.
Make the first version visible.
Turn an idea into an app or website prototype. Explore the look and experience before building it out.
Build the full thing.
Develop the prototype into a fuller product: add features, connect the parts and work through the code. Pair it with Canva for digital products, interactive pages and tools.
Build and refine.
Work through the code, develop features and improve the product as it grows from a first version into something people can use.
Keep the build together.
Store the code, follow changes and collaborate as the project develops.
Host the website or app.
Put the build online so people can visit, use it and try new versions.
Register the name.
Find and register a domain name. Give the project its own address and connect it to the website.
Send the product emails.
Add welcome messages, confirmations and updates that help people use the product.
Design something people can use.
Create physical or digital products: colouring books, journals, worksheets, printables and more. Pair the designs with Codex to build a website, an interactive version or a tool around them.
Tools we plan to explore. No partnership or affiliation is implied.
What we are figuring out.
Bring the idea.
Find your people.
No payment today.