About
Decades in design and technology
We’ve been working on the web (and often, together) since the late 1990s. We’ve seen and done enough to know what lasts and how to build it—efficiently and effectively. We’re as committed to upholding high standards as we are to doing whatever it takes to get the job done.
Our collected story
Our experience comes from the work we’ve done, the lessons we’ve learned, and the friends we’ve made along the way.
- 2020
Sponsor
New Adventures—Faculty sponsor the fifth and final edition of the renowned UK design conference.
- 2019
Sponsor
New Adventures—Faculty sponsor the return of the renowned UK design conference.
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Press
In Net Mag—Colly spotted us in the magazine in his local newsagent.
- 2017
Activity
Faculty gifts—Starting a beloved yearly tradition. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Faucibus odio justo, purus vel quis nulla zrcu integer praesent velit.
- 2017
Activity
Faculty dinner—Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Faucibus odio justo, purus vel quis nulla zrcu integer praesent velit.
- 2016
Activity
Backcountry Club—Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
- 2016
Business
Faculty—Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Faucibus odio justo, purus vel quis nulla zrcu integer praesent velit.
- 2015
Coworking
Roost—Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Faucibus odio justo, purus vel quis nulla zrcu integer praesent velit.
- 2014
Move
Chris Shiflett moves—from Brooklyn to Boulder
- 2014
Talk
Web Camp (Montana)—Lorem ipsum
- 2011
Talk
Greenville Grok—Grok is a roundtable un-conference for independent thinkers who make our digital world better. Designers, developers, writers, strategists, project managers; if you create things online, you’re our kind of person.
- 2010
Conference
Brooklyn Beta—It began as a conference, but became more of a community, a place for the “work hard and be nice to people” crowd. Five editions from 2010 to 2014.
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Talk
Webstock—Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Faucibus odio justo, purus vel quis nulla zrcu integer praesent velit.
- 2009
Coworking
Studiomates—Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Faucibus odio justo, purus vel quis nulla zrcu integer praesent velit.
- 2007
Coworking
Atlas Local—Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Faucibus odio justo, purus vel quis nulla zrcu integer praesent velit.
- 2005
Book
Essential PHP Security—Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Faucibus odio justo, purus vel quis nulla zrcu integer praesent velit.
- 2003
Book
HTTP Developer’s Handbook—Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Faucibus odio justo, purus vel quis nulla zrcu integer praesent velit.
Our team & friends
Chris Shiflett
Founder
Chris is Faculty’s founder. He’s passionate about science, design, and technology—and bringing out the best in people. But you can also talk to him about soccer and backcountry adventures.
Chris Merritt
Managing Director
Chris is Faculty’s managing director, especially adept at organizing remote teams and aligning business goals with digital solutions. You can also find him enjoying the great outdoors with his family.
Friends we’ve worked with
- Doug Wilson is a designer, based in Wheat Ridge, CO.
- Duane King is a designer, based in Portland, OR.
- Elle Meredith is a web developer, based in Melbourne, Australia.
- Erin Sizemore is a business analyst, based in Boulder, CO.
- Fictive Kin is a product studio, based in Brooklyn, NY.
- Frank Chimero is a designer, based in Brooklyn, NY. See some of his work on Simply Framed.
- Henry Desroches is a web designer and developer, based in New York, NY.
- James Hall is a web developer, based in Atlanta, GA.
- Karl Oscar Weber is a designer and developer in Salt Lake City, UT.
- Kelli Anderson is an illustrator, based in Brooklyn, NY. See some of her work on Keybase.
- Lachlan Hardy is a web developer, based in Melbourne, Australia.
- Laura Olin is a digital strategist, based in Brooklyn, NY.
- Meagan Fisher is a web designer and developer, based in Los Angeles, CA.
- Nicer Studio is a product studio, based in Greenville, SC.
- Nick Sloan is a web developer, based in Pittsburgh, PA.
- Sara Distin is a writer, based in Eldorado Springs, CO. See some of her work on Keybase.
- Sean Coates is a web developer, based in Montréal, Canada.
- Simon Collison is a designer, based in Nottingham, England.
- Tim Lieberman is a web developer, based in Seattle, WA.
Selected press
Read more about the team at Faculty and our work in 99U, Net Magazine, WIRED, Business Insider, PC World, Inc., Ars Technica, The Great Discontent, and Creative Bloq.