Dexel
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Dexel is a portfolio platform for designers. Claim 1 of 10,000 pixels on a shared grid, build a public canvas of your work, and message other designers — discovered by exploration, not algorithm
Everythingconnectstoyourpixel.
One address on the grid, and a whole toolkit hanging off it — drop work, arrange a canvas, message designers, and watch the community map come alive.
Your pixel
One address. Everything connects here.
1 of 10,000 pixels
Claim a single pixel on a shared 100×100 map — your permanent home on the web.
Place anything, freely
UpdatedDrag, resize, and arrange images, text, and frames. Now with marquee multi-select and full undo / redo.
Auto-arranged
Don't want to fuss? Drop images and Dexel packs them into a balanced bento grid. Drag to reorder.
A living community map
NewRecolour the grid in real time — glowing invite constellations, craft districts, and an open-to-work glow.
Talk to any designer
Direct messages for every pixel, plus a shared community room. No follower walls, no gatekeeping.
Made to be shared
UpdatedA dark, rounded QR with your DX mark baked in, a public canvas link, and a printable pixel card.
Fromthepeopleinthegrid.
A wall of designers already living on Dexel — here’s what some of them have to say about it.
“Dexel keeps my work front-and-centre. I stopped redesigning my portfolio and started actually shipping.”
“It feels like Behance and Figma had a child raised by the V&A. I sent it to my entire studio.”
“I claimed pixel #4203 and put four projects up. A magazine emailed me within a week.”
“No follower count. Everyone gets exactly one pixel — same scale, same dignity.”
“Every other portfolio site looks like a SaaS dashboard. This one looks like a gallery.”
“Two hundred visitors a week, zero of them came from a feed. The grid is doing the work.”
Paybythepixel.
Start free with a single pixel. Studios can claim a contiguous block — 2×2, 4×4, or 6×6 — that combines into one canvas tile. Linear pricing: +$9 per size step, billed annually.
Solo
Claim your single pixel on the public grid.
- 1 pixel on the public grid
- Free canvas + Bento grid modes
- Direct messages with any designer
- Public canvas + QR sharing
Studio · 2×2
Four pixels merged into one tile.
- Everything in Solo, plus
- 4 contiguous pixels = one tile
- Unlocked decorative frames
- Custom canvas backgrounds + title
Studio · 4×4
Sixteen pixels merged into one tile.
- Everything in 2×2, plus
- 16 contiguous pixels = one tile
- Visit insights for your block
- Priority email support
Studio · 6×6
Thirty-six pixels merged into one tile.
- Everything in 4×4, plus
- 36 contiguous pixels = one tile
- Custom domain on your block
- White-glove onboarding
All paid plans billed annually · Cancel anytime · Pixels stay yours until renewal lapses.
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Dexel is a portfolio platform built around a shared 10,000-pixel grid. You sign in, claim 1 of those pixels — that pixel becomes your permanent address — and build a public canvas of your work behind it. Visitors find you by exploring the map, not by an algorithm.