Laurel Schwulst

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Future

May 12-30 — Ultralight School Launching!

May 26 — Sharing Screen / Internet Home Tour with Living Web Institute, www

May 30 — Ultralight School: Applications due — "TWA" and "Sense to Sense"

June 15 — Ultralight School: "Sense to Sense" class begins, NYC

June 22 — Ultralight School: "TWA: Total Work of Art" class begins, NYC

July 12 — Ultralight School: "Walking the Internet" class begins, NYC

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Past

May 1 - Wind shrine part of Street Altars opening at Miriam Gallery, NYC

Apr 11 — Guest Lecture at SVA Interaction Design, NYC

Mar 23 — Dream Spheres Workshop at Trust, Berlin

Mar 27 — Spring Cleaning Workshop at Fondation Fiminco, Paris & WWW

Mar 5 — Guest Lecture in Gifting Interfaces Class at SFPC, www

Feb 14 — Guest Lecture at Sense to Sense Translation Class at VCU, www

Jan 31 — Winter 2025, Laurel's Letter, www

Jan 28 — Teaching at Princeton begins, NJ

Jan 23 — Talk at Topos with Jason Fulford, NYC

Dec 21 / 22 — Workshop "Calendar as Gift" with Birdcall, www & Seoul

Dec 21 — Workshop "Channel as Gift" with Are.na, www

Dec 14 — Workshop "Sphere as Gift" and Talk with Rhizome at HEART, NYC

Nov 9 — Workshop at Salt, Jeju, Korea

Oct 12 — Workshop on Building Wind Chimes at Field Meridians, Brooklyn, NY

Bio 1

Laurel Schwulst is interested in ambient forms of design and literature, public works, and the poetic potential of the world wide web.

For over a decade, she has taught design classes and workshops at academic institutions including Yale and Princeton, as well as her own learning initiatives including Fruitful School and Ultralight School.

She’s also held design, front-end development, and creative direction roles at companies including Are.na, Kickstarter, and Linked by Air.

Her ongoing practice circles around works as living systems: spaces that cultivate curiosity, learning, and reflection through thoughtfully created environments.

May 2025

Bio 2

Laurel Schwulst is an artist, designer, writer, educator, and technologist.

She is interested in ambient forms of design and literature, public works, and the poetic potential of the world wide web.

Her practice explores projects-as-worlds; writing; creative direction leadership; websites and internet art; innovative learning materials and educational environments; and ongoing collaborations.

Her writing has taken the form of essays, perfume reviews, and interviews with other artists, and has been published by the New York Times, Creative Independent, and Art in America, among others.

For over a decade, she has taught award-winning design classes and workshops at academic institutions including Yale and Princeton, as well as her own learning initiative Fruitful School.

She has presented her work internationally at cultural, academic, and internet-native institutions, including BBC Radio 4, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Seoul, Google, and Wikipedia.

She's held design and creative direction roles at Linked by Air, Kickstarter, and Are.na.

Schwulst currently teaches at Princeton and lives in New York.

March 2025

Contact

laurel.schwulst@gmail.com

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