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WE MAKE JUDGMENT VISIBLE

So You can see how People really think under pressure

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What We Believe

In a world where anyone can look and sound smart, the hardest thing to spot is good judgment.

Not credentials. Not confidence.

But clarity under pressure.

We believe judgment is the most valuable skill in an AI-saturated world and the least visible.  

That’s the gap we’re here to close.

What We Believe

In a world where anyone can look and sound smart, the hardest thing to spot is good judgment.

Not credentials. Not confidence.

But clarity under pressure.

We believe judgment is the most valuable skill in an AI-saturated world and the least visible.  

That’s the gap we’re here to close.

What’s Broken

We’ve built a culture that rewards surface signals.


• Interviews are rehearsed.

• Case studies are templated.

• Even your voice can be AI-generated.



But when everything looks convincing on the surface, who do you trust to decide?



Who knows how to navigate ambiguity?
Hold tension?
Push back, adapt, and still move forward?
We don’t see that in résumés.
We don’t capture it in job titles.

We rarely watch it unfold, until it’s too late.

Who It’s For

This isn’t for people who want to sound smart.  



It’s for people who want to think sharper, in public.  



• Design thinkers          

Show your process. Not just your pixels.  

• Hiring teams

Watch how someone reasons, before you trust them with ambiguity.    



• Educators

Use live labs to teach clarity, critique, and real decision-making.

• Sponsors & Tools

Your product isn’t just mentioned, it’s tested, challenged, and visible in action.          



Whether it’s design software, research tools, or frameworks, we film how real teams use your product to reason through friction, not just execute.

What We Create

Every episode leaves behind more than content.
It creates Proof of Thought.



A recorded, time-boxed, real-time signal of how someone thinks.

Not a portfolio.

Not a résumé.

A visible fingerprint of their judgment.



It captures:

• How they handle complexity

• How they disagree

• How they make decisions with consequences

• How they recover when their thinking breaks down  

In a world of flawless outputs, your thinking is your real edge.
Pixel turns that into intellectual capital.

What We Do

The Pixel Media creates cinematic filmed formats that reveal real-time judgment.
Instead of asking people to look smart, we
put them in situations where they must
think in public

Structured, high-stakes debates where
ideas get tested and audiences see how
thinkers hold tension.

A filmed design sprint meets stress test, where teams rebuild broken systems in real time.
Every format creates a new kind of signal:
Proof of Thought

Watch Our Work

Technology

Pixel Debate:
AI Will Lead Design

Watch Now

The Pixel Lab
Coming Soon

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What People Are Saying

I'm super excited for future Pixel debates.

I attended the Pixel Debate hosted by Natalie and Leopold Fantastic session! The debate was about whether AI will lead design I think my biggest takeaway even though there were there were some great arguments for both sides was the topic's so complex there's no black and white.

Carlos Montaña

Professor & Project Coodinater, RIT

I'm super excited for future Pixel debates.

I attended the Pixel Debate hosted by Natalie and Leopold Fantastic session! The debate was about whether AI will lead design I think my biggest takeaway even though there were there were some great arguments for both sides was the topic's so complex there's no black and white.

Josh Bowley

Lead Designer & Manager

"One of the most impactful design events I've ever experienced."

I recently attended the Pixel Debate event, and it was one of the most impactful design events I have ever experienced. No generic topics, and far more engagement.

Mohamed Abdelshafi

Product Designer

"The energy was electric! More debates please!"

What I love about Pixel Debate is that it wasn’t just speakers talking. Everyone in the room was thinking, reacting, and voting.

Farhan Rao

Product Designer

"It was very enlightening"

I attended the Pixel Debate and i strongly recommend it as it's something very much needed in the design profession, It was very enlightening.

Carlos Montaña
Professor & Project Coordinator, RIT
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

"One of the most impactful design events I've ever experienced."

I recently attended the Pixel Debate event, and it was one of the most impactful design events I have ever experienced. No generic topics, and far more engagement.

Mohamed Abdelshafi
Product Designer
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

"I'm super excited for future Pixel debates."

I attended the Pixel Debate hosted by Natalie and Leopold Fantastic session! The debate was about whether AI will lead design I think my biggest takeaway even though there were there were some great arguments for both sides was the topic's so complex there's no black and white.

Josh Bowley
Lead Designer & Manager
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

"The energy was electric! More debates please!"

What I love about Pixel Debate is that it wasn’t just speakers talking. Everyone in the room was thinking, reacting, and voting.

Farhan Rao
Product Designer
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Our Founders

Nathalie helps teams and leaders cut through complexity by transforming how they design systems, scale services, and make decisions that stick. She’s a service design consultant with 20 years of experience across the UK, Italy, and the Middle East, leading transformation across government, startups, and global orgs.After two decades inside boardrooms and build cycles, she saw a deeper problem: in an AI-accelerated world, everyone sounds smart, but few can show how they think. That’s what led her to create Pixel Media —a platform built to turn proof of thought into public practice.

Nathalie Salas


Leopold helps brilliant-but-overlooked thinkers punch through the noise, by transforming how they argue, influence, and lead. He’s not just a public speaking coach; he’s one of the few globally licensed trainers in Ethical Persuasion, certified by Dr. Robert Cialdini himself and serves as his official MENA partner. With clients in 20+ countries — from Google and Meta to IKEA and HSBC — Leopold blends philosophy, storytelling, and psychology to train leaders who want to build ideas people believe in.He’s the founder of Novel Philosophy Academy, a space where leaders sharpen their thinking at the intersection of influence and ethics.

Leopold Ajami


We’re not looking for résumés. We’re looking for proof of thought.

Pixel Media casts thinkers, not actors. If you can hold your own in public thinking—under pressure, with cameras rolling, and ideas on the line—we want you in the arena.

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Get Featured

Our first filmed episodes of Pixel Debate and Pixel Lab will take place in the US and the UAE.
While we don't cover travel costs. If selected, you’ll receive a stipend for your participation in the episode.

We’re breaking away from the old-school casting process. No glossy portfolios. No scripted answers.

We want to see:

  • How you think when it’s messy

  • How you hold your ground (or change your mind) under pressure

  • How you make decisions with consequences

If that excites you (and scares you a little), apply now.

By applying, you confirm you understand that filming will be in the US or UAE, travel costs are not covered, and the stipend is for participation only.