Build Better Designs with Codex — Live Masterclass with Meng To
Stop Shipping AI Slop
Learn the AI design and build workflows directly from designer and Design+Code founder Meng To, in-person.
AI can now generate an interface in seconds. The hard part is to use AI correctly and masterfully to build products and designs that have taste and stand out.
In this hands-on in-person masterclass, you will:
Learn to see what others miss
Give AI more precise direction to execute consistently across projects
turn a strong reference into a responsive Codex build
Meng To will personally teach and guide you on the judgment and practical workflows he personally uses to steer AI to build products that feel coherent, distinctive and deliberately made.
You will receive live critique, rebuild what is weak and preserve what worked as a reusable skill.
Early-bird ticket: S$399 per person
Regular price: S$499
Early-bird pricing ends 23August 2026.
What you will learn: Meng’s 7-Step Reference-to-Skill Workflow
Reference → Super Prompt → Design System → Prototype → Build → Critique → Reusable Skill
Learn Meng's workflow: Finding strong references, breaking it down to understand why it works:
story and hierarchy;
proportions and page rhythm;
typography and spacing;
colour and components;
motion and responsive behaviour;
implementation choices;
patterns Codex should preserve;
patterns Codex should avoid.
Learn how to craft a "Super Prompt": This is a detailed design specification that explains not only what Codex should build, but why the design works and how the system should behave.
By the end of the day, you will leave with:
A responsive product page with a clear story and coherent visual direction.
A useful chart or data section designed around a real question.
A weak section you diagnosed and rebuilt.
A reusable Codex skill created from a method that worked.
A published result checked on desktop and mobile.
A practical critique method you can apply to future products.
Beyond the project you build, you will also leave the session being better at seeing problems you previously missed, explaining them precisely and directing Codex towards stronger work on the next product.
Why learn from Meng To, in person
Meng To has spent 25 years developing his craft as a designer and the past two years experimenting intensively with AI.
He is the founder of
…and has grown his products to beyond 200k users.
He has been invited to speak and teach coding and design at companies including Apple, Figma, and Paypal in San Francisco and Singapore.
His designs and posts are followed by:
Conducted in person, Meng will personally look at your outputs, identify what is weak, understand why, correct it, and calibrate your taste on the spot.
Instead of months of experimenting alone and wondering why the result still feels wrong, you will work through the process alongside an experienced craftsman.
See for yourself what his process can produce
Kage
One workshop, 30 days of continued support, more than S$1000 in tools, credits, and benefits.
The workshop is only the beginning.
For the early bird price of $399, you get the tools, workspace and follow-through, and community to keep building.
More perks to be announced.
Meng To's Design Starter Kit
Take home the reusable system behind the workshop:
Codex skills and prompt patterns
Design-specification templates
Responsive-design checklist
Interface critique framework
Starter project and reference files
You won’t have to reconstruct the process from memory the following week.
30-Day Alumni Build Channel
Participants in this founding cohort will receive the first invitation to a separate private practitioner circle curated by SQ Collective and Meng To.
The circle is intended for serious practitioners who want to continue building alongside others investing in their craft.
30-Day Builder Pass at SQ Collective
Worth S$300
Come back to SQ Collective for the next 20 days for hot-desking after the workshop. Use the space, access the community to finish your project, apply the critique you received and turn your first successful build into something reusable.
AI-native Designer Software Benefits
Worth >S$680+
Continue experimenting with credits and access from OpenAI, Aura, DreamCut, Mobbin and our other workshop partners.
US$100 in Codex API credits, US$50 in OpenAI API credits, and 1 month of ChatGPT Plus
12 months of Mobbin Pro — worth US$132
12 months of Aura Build Pro — worth US$150
12 months of DreamCut Pro — worth US$150
6 months of Notion Business with Notion AI - worth US120
Eligible startups can apply for up to six months of Notion Business for up to 100 pax, with Notion AI included, through SQ Collective’s official startup-partner programme.
Built for designers and non-designers
Designer
The challenge often appears after your AI builds you your first beautiful screen. Typography drifts, spacing becomes inconsistent, components multiply and the original visual idea gets diluted as the product expands. This workshop will help you make your judgment more executable and carry it further into working implementation.
Non-designer
You may recognise that something feels off without knowing whether the problem is hierarchy, typography, spacing, alignment, component choice or page rhythm.
You do not need an existing design vocabulary to attend. You will learn language for recognising common interface problems and describing them clearly enough to act.
Who this is not for
This is not a beginner introduction to AI tools. It is for designers, engineers, product managers, founders and builders who want greater control over the quality and consistency of what they create with Codex.