Today is
Future
June 15 — Ultralight School: "Sense to Sense" class begins, NYCJune 20 — Ultralight School: Applications due — "Walking the Internet"
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 26 — Sharing Screen / Internet Home Tour with Living Web Institute, wwwMay 12 — Ultralight School Launch!
Bio
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 Linked by Air, Kickstarter, and Are.na.
Her ongoing practice circles around works as living systems: spaces that cultivate curiosity, learning, and reflection through thoughtfully created environments.
Beginning Fall 2025, Laurel is faculty and a Beaumont Fellow at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.
June 2025
Contact
laurel.schwulst@gmail.comInterviews & Features
Naive Weekly, Sharing Screen web, 2025Common Discourse, Sights & Sounds web, 2025
Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, UMass Amherst podcast, 2024
The Orthogonal Bet, Lux Capital podcast, 2024
Personal Cannon web, 2023
Anpakk web, 2023
Variations on Noise web & print, 2023
Naive Yearly web, 2023
inform.design web, 2019