// Lab

Custom tools for
real-world problems.

Project Pixel Lab explores practical digital tools, custom software and lightweight systems that help businesses, founders, communities and social-good projects work better.

// What we build

Software that is small enough to actually get finished

Custom software

Portals, dashboards, CRMs and internal systems built quickly on modern development tooling.

AI-assisted tools

Small, focused tools that use AI where it genuinely helps, and plain logic everywhere it does not.

Accessibility-first products

Interfaces designed for real people, including those using screen readers, keyboards or low bandwidth.

Automations and integrations

Joining up the tools an organisation already pays for so the admin stops eating the week.

// Problems we are exploring

We start with the problem, not the software

Most bad software exists because someone picked a tool before they understood the job. The Lab works the other way round.

  • Small teams drowning in admin that software should be handling.
  • Community groups running everything through a shared inbox and a spreadsheet.
  • Founders who can describe a tool clearly but have no route to build it.
  • Services that are hard to access for neurodivergent or disabled users.
  • Organisations that need to report impact but have nowhere to record it.
  • Local businesses that need one simple system, not five expensive ones.
// In the Lab

Tools built, prototyped or under consideration

Honest labels: some of these are live, some are half-built, some are still just a good argument for building them.

Explore

Digital readiness checker

A short assessment that tells an organisation where its digital setup is actually weak.

Prototype

Website brief builder

Turns a vague idea into a proper brief a designer or developer can quote from.

Explore

Local SEO checklist tool

A guided checklist for small businesses that cannot afford an SEO retainer.

Explore

Grant and project readiness tool

Helps community projects work out what they need before applying for funding.

Concept

Community microsite builder

A very simple way for a group to get a credible page online in an afternoon.

Live

Client portal systems

The portal Project Pixel runs on, adaptable for other service businesses.

Prototype

Simple CRMs

Contact and enquiry tracking for teams who find the big platforms overkill.

Live

Booking and enquiry systems

Lightweight booking flows that work on a phone and do not need training.

Concept

Impact reporting dashboards

A place for funded projects to record and show what changed.

// Submit an idea

Got a tool that should exist?

If you can describe the problem and who it affects, that is enough to start. We will tell you honestly whether it is worth building and what it would take.

Submitting an idea does not guarantee funding, partnership or support.

Submit your project →
// Partner with us

Or build it together

Some Lab projects work best as partnerships: you bring the sector knowledge and the users, we bring the build. Depending on the project that could be a standard commercial arrangement, a subsidised build, a profit-share or a shared ownership agreement.

Any profit-share, ownership, licensing or partnership arrangement would be discussed openly and confirmed through a separate written agreement before work begins.

How impact works →

Need a system built commercially? That is the studio side.

Custom software →