In early 2024, I independently conceptualized, designed, and launched Delay-O Academy, a full-scale satirical mirror of the real Del Lago Academy website. This solo project was a creative experiment in web design, parody, and digital storytelling — crafted to comment on the formality and disconnect of institutional school branding through humor and subversion.

I built the project entirely in Webflow, carefully recreating the structure and layout of the original school site while replacing its content with original, exaggerated satire. The site featured absurd academic programs, fake staff titles, impossible calendar dates, and intentionally ridiculous statistics — all layered with multiple disclaimers identifying the site as a parody.

Beyond the surface-level humor, Delay-O served as a form of digital activism: a creative lens on the student experience and a challenge to the seriousness of educational bureaucracy. Despite being visually similar to the real site, it included enough fictional and transformative content to clearly stand as satire — including a hand-drawn reinterpretation of the school’s logo.

Due to its visual similarity to the real Del Lago Academy site, the project was eventually taken down under administrative pressure. In response, I transformed the landing page into a minimalist memorial site, linking to the preserved version of the original page and offering a farewell message that captured the voice and intent behind the project.

The result was a temporary but impactful work of digital performance art — one that sparked conversation, inspired peers, and demonstrated my ability to blend web design, brand parody, legal research, and strategic communication into a project that was equal parts funny, thoughtful, and technically well-executed.

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