A design studio for students and teachers

Human-centred by design.

Students question, plan, make, test and try again. StudioLoom helps them manage their projects, record their progress and showcase their work. AI should not shortcut that learning: the thinking, decisions and explanations stay theirs.

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47 free tools, no loginNo student email needed8 marking frameworks

Units to teach from

Real units from real classrooms. Open one and look through it, lesson by lesson.

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Tools students think with

One for every stage of a project. They sit inside lessons, and they are free to open on their own.

DiscoverFind out what's really going on.DefineSay exactly what you're solving.IdeateLots of ideas first. Pick one after.PrototypeMake it real, roughly, then properly.TestTry it. Find what breaks. Fix it.ShareShow what changed, and why.
DiscoverAll 10 →
DefineAll 6 →
IdeateAll 6 →
Prototype
TestAll 7 →
Share
  • Class Pinboard
  • Portfolio
with your class

A hint asks one question. It never hands over the answer.

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Simulators, mockups and drawing

Test an idea before anyone cuts material. Free to open, like the tools.

3D Bridge Building SimulatorSimulatorCO₂ Dragster Wind TunnelSimulatorInvolution (内卷)New tab ↗T-Shirt MockupMockupCO₂ Dragster Paint DesignerMockupOrthographic Drawing PracticeDrawing

A project they run themselves

Every student, or every team, gets a board for the unit. They run the work, and you can see it.

  • One thing at a timeRight now shows the card they are on.
  • Stuck is a flagThey say what would unstick them, and the team sees it.
  • Milestones with datesEach one is figuring it out, making it happen, or done.
  • A log and a portfolioPhotos taken as they make, and a portfolio that fills up from the daily work.
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A paper cut-out man with round glasses peering through a magnifying glass at sticky notes of questions
Provenance, not policing.

See how it was made

The drafts, photos, tests and choices sit beside the finished work. Play a 20-second example, then explore the timeline for yourself.

Explore the provenance timeline Try the styles, units and layers · No login needed
Fictional sample work · generated prototype pictures
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MakeTestImprove
  • Keep the small stepsSaved work stays beside the finished project.
  • Connect a choice to evidenceShow the test or feedback behind a change.
  • Play the project backChoose a style that makes the process worth sharing.

The thinking stays with the student.

The student tools use authored questions, not AI-generated prompts, answers or feedback. Students plan, make, test and explain their own work.

How AI and student support fit

Make pasted text visible.

I tested a folded beam. A triangular section can help stiffen the structure. Next I will compare two shapes.

Yellow highlighting shows text pasted from elsewhere. Students can explain its source; teachers can discuss it alongside drafts and the project timeline. A paste is not proof of AI use.

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The rest of the studio

Five parts, from the first lesson plan to the last mark.

Your own units

Build from blocks, or from a sentence.

  • A drag-and-drop lesson editor with 90+ ready-made blocks
  • Describe a lesson and get a draft to edit. Nothing reaches students until you keep it.
  • Change a unit for one class without touching the others
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Skills and safety

Know who is signed off on what.

  • Skill cards at three levels, with quizzes to pass
  • You sign off the practical yourself, in the workshop
  • A passport for every student, and a re-check whenever you ask for one

Fabrication

Files checked before they reach the printer.

  • Students upload a 3D print or laser file, and it is checked straight away
  • Must-fix, should-fix and FYI, shown on the model
  • You approve. Your technician works one queue.

Marking

In your framework, beside the evidence.

  • MYP 1–8, GCSE percentages, A–E, PLTW 1–4
  • Mark block by block, or one criterion across the class
  • A dashboard that says who needs you today

Teaching mode

The room at a glance.

  • See who is working and who has not started
  • A timer for each part of the lesson
  • A second view made for the projector

Also in the studio

  • TimetableYour school calendar and rotating cycle, so lessons land on real days.
  • Key wordsEach term explained in the student's home language.
  • Class PinboardA wall where students pin work for each other to see.
  • Open StudioA self-directed way of working that students earn.
  • DiscoveryEight stations that help a student find a project worth doing.
  • Themes and avatarsSeven looks and an avatar builder, so the place feels theirs.

Works with your framework

Mark in the one your course is assessed in. The stages translate.

  • IB MYP
  • GCSE D&T
  • IGCSE D&T
  • A-Level D&T
  • Australian Curriculum
  • NSW
  • Victorian Curriculum
  • PLTW

The free tools, under each one’s own stage names: d.school design thinking · Double Diamond · MYP design cycle · GCSE Design and Technology · Australian Curriculum · Engineering design process

What is design thinking? See six frameworks side by side

The small print, in plain words

  • No student email neededClass-code access works without one; school sign-in can use a school email.
  • No ads, nothing soldStudent work never feeds advertising.
  • Use only what is neededNames from supported account fields are replaced; uploaded work can still contain personal details.
  • No tracking cookiesOnly the one that keeps you signed in.

The long version: Privacy · Security

  • The thinking is the point.Stuck students get the next question, never the answer.
  • See the work, not the worker.Every project keeps its own history. Proof, not surveillance.
  • The work stays theirs.Their process, their portfolio, theirs to take with them.

Start with the free tools. Bring a class when you’re ready.

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