Issue No. 02 — Applications open
DTLA.
The second room. Built on what the first one taught us.
01 — What’s locked
The city, the dates, and the rule.
- The city
- DTLA — a few miles from the studio where all of this started.
- The dates
- February 7–8, 2027, Lunar New Year weekend, in a city that does it properly. Nine to five both days.
- The rule
- A small room, licensed estheticians, real work. You don’t leave inspired. You leave with output.
Still being built
- The venue
- The curriculum
- The guest faculty
Applications open before the lineup is final, on purpose. You’re applying for the room, not for a name on a flyer. The core of No. 02 is the same work that made No. 01: the room, the audience, and the output.
Guest faculty and the venue are announced as each one locks. Accepted estheticians hear first, then the list, then everyone else.
The room comes first. The names follow.
02 — Before this
No. 01 ran in New York.
Two days in Chelsea. A live men’s facial on a male model, a two-hour manzilian session with Guido Cuomo, a surprise guest from Queen Cup Coffee, an avatar workbook, a partnership map, and a finished video out of every phone in the room.
That’s the bar No. 02 is built against.
Read No. 01 →01
Apply
A short application on the site: your practice and what you’re building. About fifteen minutes.
02
We review
Within five business days. We’re looking for the right mix of experience levels, cities and ambitions.
03
Acceptance + payment
An acceptance email with a payment link. Tuition due within seven days to hold the seat. First paid, first confirmed.
04
Pre-workshop
Two weeks out: the welcome packet — dates, venue, what to bring, footage to film, an optional reading list.
No. 02 / DTLA
Hear about it before anyone else.
Guest faculty and the venue go to the list first as they lock — then everywhere else. No spam. Just the announcements, and the occasional letter on what we’re building.