design
iam25est. age 25

one age.
one phase
of life.

A temporary social universe exclusively for people who are twenty-five. You join at 25. You graduate at 26. The cohort dissolves with time.

001 — manifesto

Not a network.
Not a dating app.
A checkpoint.

Career pressure. Relationships. Uncertainty. Loneliness. Independence. The transition into something we keep being told is adulthood.

Everyone here is standing in the same doorway, at the same hour, asking the same questions of an empty room.

It is a digital yearbook. A temporary city. A social time capsule for one generational checkpoint that disappears with you.

002 — the feed

overheard at 25.

Anonymous 25-year-old in Tokyo
age 25.2Tokyo

"Everyone I went to school with is either getting married or having a breakdown. There is no in-between."

Anonymous 25-year-old in Berlin
age 25.7Berlin

"Quit my job today. Don't know what's next. First time I've felt awake in three years."

Anonymous 25-year-old in São Paulo
age 25.0São Paulo

"My mom called to ask when I'm 'settling down'. I'm still figuring out which grocery store I like best."

Anonymous 25-year-old in Seoul
age 25.9Seoul

"297 days until I graduate from here. Already nostalgic for a place I'm still inside of."

Anonymous 25-year-old in New York
age 25.4New York

"Salary: enough. Rent: too much. Friends: scattered across four time zones. Dreams: still alive, barely."

Anonymous 25-year-old in Lagos
age 25.1Lagos

"Nobody told me 25 would feel like standing in a doorway you can't close."

003 — graduation

you turn 26.
you're gone.

0d00h00m00suntil graduation

On your 26th birthday your profile becomes alumni. Posts archived. A memory recap is delivered. The door closes — gently, irreversibly.

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age. zero exceptions.
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