★ Cohort 14 opens June 1 · 22 of 28 seats taken
★ 4-week cohort · live + small · starts June 1

The slow web workshop.

A four-week, twenty-eight-person cohort for designers and engineers who want to build websites that age well, load fast, and don't depend on a venture-funded SaaS to stay alive in 2030.

Cohort starts
June 1, 2026
Length
4 weeks · ~6h/wk
Format
Live + recorded
Cohort 14
28 seats · 22 taken
Hosted by Anna Russo
Designer · 14 years · co-founder Lattice Studio

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The curriculum

Week 01

What a slow website actually is.

The argument. Examples. What it costs to build one, and what it saves you.

  • Live talk + Q&A · 90 min
  • Reading: Frank Chimero, Bret Victor
  • Assignment: audit a site you love
Week 02

The architecture of patience.

Vestibules, transitions, type. How to design ceremony into a page without making it slower than it has to be.

  • Live workshop · build a vestibule
  • Group critique · 6 students
  • 1:1 office hours · 20 min
Week 03

Shipping without SaaS.

How to host a serious website on infrastructure that will outlive your subscription billing.

  • Hands-on: deploy to a $5 VPS
  • Decision tree: when SaaS is right
  • Reading list: 12 essays
Week 04

Your final build.

You ship a real site by Friday. We'll review it on the Sunday call.

  • Final ship Friday
  • Sunday review · everyone presents
  • Lifetime alumni Slack

Cohort 12 was the best money I've spent on my work since design school. I came in with a portfolio. I left with a position.

— Lisa Park · Designer, Linear · Cohort 12 alumna