AL: System for Thinking, Writing, Planning
AL is a modular analog laptop designed for thinking, writing, and organizing ideas - all in one dedicated place. A physical workspace that brings structure, clarity, and focus to how you work, without replacing your digital tools.
Your best thinking rarely happens between browser tabs. AL creates a place where ideas stay in focus. Not on a screen, not scattered across apps, but in one physical environment designed for the way your mind actually works. When you open it, you enter a different mode. Calmer. More intentional. A space where thoughts unfold without interruption.
Everything in One Place
Notes, tools, and references often live in separate places - a notebook here, sticky notes there, ideas lost somewhere in between.
AL brings them together. Your notebook, your Visual Board, your tools, and your Thinking Sheets, all within one system.
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In Laptop Mode, it opens into a full workspace - a vertical Visual Board on one side, the Tool Case as your base.
In Focus Mode, detach either part with a slide of the lock and work with just what you need.
One object, two configurations, shaped by what the moment asks of you.
Built Around The Way You Work
Swap Tool Inserts to match your workflow. Choose Thinking Sheets that fit how you think today. Add accessories that reflect who you are. A writer's AL looks different from a designer's. A founder's setup changes from week to week. What starts as a clean slate becomes a system shaped entirely by you.
Everything You Need to Begin
AL arrives ready for your first session.
The Standard Tool Insert includes a Spirit Builders notebook, two Spirit Builders pens, a palm rest, and Spirit Builders sticky notes - the essentials for writing, sketching, planning, and capturing ideas in one place. Alongside it comes a starter set of 5 Thinking Sheets, each shaped for a different kind of work.
Flexible Structure for Every Kind of Work
Thinking Sheets are interchangeable templates designed for different ways of working. Plan a project. Map an idea. Track habits. Reflect on a decision. Capture notes. Each sheet provides just enough structure to move forward, and enough openness to think your way. Swap one sheet for another, and the entire session changes direction.
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The slide-lock mechanism lets you attach, detach, and reconfigure with precision. Every movement is deliberate. Every detail serves a purpose. No batteries. No software. Just a fully mechanical tool that works exactly the way a good tool should.
Both share the same modular architecture and mechanical design. Same system, different character. Choose the one that fits your desk and your way of working.
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How It Works
Open AL like a laptop. The Visual Board stands upright, the Tool Case forms your base. Slide a Thinking Sheet into the board to set the direction of your session.
Write, sketch, or plan in your notebook, supported by the Palm Rest. Your references stay visible on the board. Your tools are right where you need them.
Detach either part for single-task work - just the Visual Board, or the Tool Case. Or mount one part reversed onto the hinge, AL stays compact and self-contained with nothing loose.
A System That Grows with You
AL is not a finished product. It is a system that evolves over time.
New Thinking Sheet packs, Tool Inserts, notebook formats, and accessories expand what it can become, as your work changes.
At the same time, you are not limited to what you start with. You can refill your sheets as needed or print your own at home using AL’s simple templates.
So the system stays flexible, personal, and always aligned with the way you work.
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The Team Behind AL
We are Lena and Felix, siblings from Vienna, Austria.
Felix shaped product experiences at Apple in Cupertino.
Lena trained as a goldsmith before studying industrial design at Central Saint Martins in London.
Together, we run Spirit Builders, a small design studio built on one question:
Why do most tools help you do more, but not think better?
AL is our answer. A modular analog system for thinking, writing, and organizing ideas.
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