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Laurel Schwulst
Laurel Schwulst at Pehu community arts space in Osaka, Japan.
Laurel Schwulst at Pehu community arts space in Osaka, Japan.
Born (1988-03-15) March 15, 1988 (age 36)
Normal, IL
OccupationDesigner, Artist, Educator
Website
laurelschwulst.com

Laurel Schwulst (born March 15, 1988) is an American graphic designer, artist, writer, educator, and programmer.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

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Schwulst was born in Normal, Illinois. Her first experience with writing HTML and maintaining a website activated by Pastel Club, an online Yahoo! Group that discussed model horses.[5]

Schwulst graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2010.[6]

Creative practice

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Schwulst is recognized for her interactive design work, her writing, her websites, her internet art, and her teaching methods.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Design career

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Following school, Schwulst worked at the design studio Linked by Air in New York City.[14][15][16] At Linked by Air, Schwulst designed websites for the Yale AIDS Memorial Project, Printed Matter, artist Julia Kim Smith, and the architectural studio, Future Expansion.[17][18][19]

In 2016, Yancey Strickler and Brandon Stosuy hired Schwulst to design The Creative Independent, an arts publication run by Kickstarter.[20][21] Schwulst designed the identity and website and conducted published interviews with numerous artists, designers, and creatives including: Min Guhong[22], Sara Magenheimer[23], Charles Broskoski (Are.na)[24], Tamara Shopsin[25], Erin Jane Nelson[26], Taeyoon Choi[27], Qiong Li[28], and Tania Pérez Córdova.[29] Schwulst worked as Creative Director at The Creative Independent until 2017.[30]

Schwulst collaborated with artist Sydney Shen on a perfume review website called Perfume Area. In 2015, Schwulst and Shen adapted the website into a book published by Ambient Works, New York.[31][32][33][34]

Since 2017 Schwulst has been working independently. She designed the websites for 'T' Space Rhinebeck, a multidisciplinary arts organization started by architect Steven Holl in Rhinebeck, New York, and Artists Space.[35] She also released an app called Flight Simulator "Ode to Airplane Mode" in collaboration with Soft, on February 5, 2019.[36][37]

In 2021, Schwulst released How To Build a Kite, a craft tutorial that "doubles as a meditative experience" published on the New York Times website.[38]

Schwulst has designed fonts including the Times Dot font, a version of Times New Roman.[39]

PBS of the internet[40]

Teaching

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Schwulst has taught at multiple institutions including Yale School of Art and Princeton University.[30][41] Schwulst began teaching at Yale in 2013. In 2018, Schwulst was awarded an Inspiring Yale award for her work as a designer and teacher.[42]

Schwulsts inventive approach to pedagogy with her courses often credited as inspiration and exercises, like her coding from life workshop, frequently reproduced.[43][44][45][46][47]

Schwulst and Elliot Cost co-founded “HTML Energy” in 20__. HTML Energy is ___[48]

Exhibitions & events

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Front and back cover of Perfume Area, a book of fragrance reviews by Sydney Shen and Laurel Schwulst, published in 2015 by Ambient Works.

Talks

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Schwulst has given numerous talks at universities and institutions around the world. A selection of talks include:

References

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  1. ^ "Laurel Schwulst's Decade in Internet". Rhizome. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  2. ^ "Some Things: Laurel Schwulst". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  3. ^ "Laurel Schwulst". NEW INC. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  4. ^ "On Becoming a Person | inform.design". inform.design.calarts.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  5. ^ "When all of my friends are on at once". allmyfriendsatonce.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  6. ^ "Laurel Schwulst". Yale School of Art. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  7. ^ Design, Women of Graphic. "Women of Graphic Design - Laurel Schwulst (New York, NY) with artist Sydney..." Women of Graphic Design. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  8. ^ "My website is a shifting house next to a river of knowledge. What could yours be?". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  9. ^ Design, Women of Graphic. "Women of Graphic Design - Laurel Schwulst (New York, NY) with artist Sydney..." Women of Graphic Design. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  10. ^ Chayka, Kyle (2016-08-03). "How Silicon Valley helps spread the same sterile aesthetic across the world". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  11. ^ "Art Versus Silicon Valley: Are Artists Losing the Conceptual Advantage? | Frieze". Frieze. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  12. ^ Huff, Jason (2019-01-10). "How to make a website for your creative work". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  13. ^ Gotthardt, Alexxa (2018-02-09). "Creatives Are Flocking to This Artist-Designed Social Network". Artsy. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  14. ^ "Scratching the Surface: Laurel Schwulst". LIBRARYSTACK∎. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  15. ^ "Philip Guo - PG Podcast - Episode 55 - Laurel Schwulst on art, code, teaching, and the magic of the bespoke web". pgbovine.net. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  16. ^ "About". Linked by Air. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  17. ^ "YAMP: About". yamp.org. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  18. ^ "About - Julia Kim Smith". juliakimsmith.com. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  19. ^ "Future Expansion Architects: Profile". future-expansion.com. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  20. ^ "The Creative Independent on the Art of the Interview". BLARB. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  21. ^ "About". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  22. ^ "On introducing your company". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  23. ^ "Sara Magenheimer on breaking the house". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  24. ^ "Charles Broskoski on Self-Discovery that Happens Upon Revisiting Things You've Accumulated Over Time". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  25. ^ "Tamara Shopsin on the Importance of Publicity for Books". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  26. ^ "Erin Jane Nelson on Welcoming Conflicting Influences". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  27. ^ "Taeyoon Choi on Drawing, Teaching, Disability, and the Difference Between Work and Project". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  28. ^ "Qiong Li on Being a Human Camera". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  29. ^ "Interview: Tania Pérez Córdova". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  30. ^ a b "Laurel Schwulst — CV". Google Docs. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  31. ^ "PERFUME AREA". perfume-area.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  32. ^ "Ambient Works". ambientworks.info. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  33. ^ "Sydney Shen and Laurel Schwulst - Perfume Area". Printed Matter. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  34. ^ "Perfume Area by Laurel Schwulst and Sydney Shen". C Magazine Issue 127 Page 65. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  35. ^ "Beautiful Company Mirror". beautiful-company.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  36. ^ "left gallery". left gallery. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  37. ^ "LAUREL SCHWULST". variationsonnoise.com. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  38. ^ "how-to-build-a-bird-kite".
  39. ^ "SFPC Summer 2021 Cocoon". sfpc.io. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  40. ^ "How could a PBS of the Internet cultivate a more human web? Laurel Schwulst on a lighter weight Internet". ApplePodcasts. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  41. ^ "Graphic Design: Image". Lewis Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  42. ^ "Winners 2018". Inspiring Yale. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  43. ^ "CCA Graphic Design on Instagram: "#Repost @mindyseu ・・・ A seasonal CSS still life ~ @ccagd #codingfromlife #css #interactive"". Instagram. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  44. ^ "Introduction to Interactive Design: World Wide Web: Overview". summer2018-yale.matt-wolff.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  45. ^ "Core Interaction". ci17.nikasimovich.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  46. ^ "Handmade Web". handmade-web.net. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  47. ^ "Design for the Net | Info". spring2017.designforthe.net. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  48. ^ "Recapturing early-internet whimsy with HTML". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  49. ^ "Laurel Schwulst — Ann Street Gallery". annstreetgallery.org. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  50. ^ "Activations: How to Build a Bird Kite | Calendar | Program | Dia". diaart.org. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  51. ^ "ALL I EAT IN A DAY - Announcements - e-flux". e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  52. ^ Familiar Studio. "Artist talk with Laurel Schwulst". Kunsthall Stavanger. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  53. ^ Brueder, Die. "Indiecon 2020". indiecon-festival.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  54. ^ "Peer-to-Peer Web". peer-to-peer-web.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  55. ^ "2017: The Year According to Other Means". walkerart.org. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
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