FIRST!

As we put the last coat of paint on our cardboard forest and finalize the insane (but doable) design-a-thon schedule, it seems like a good time to reflect on what it’s taken to transform our Humboldt Park headquarters into a bona fide sleepaway design camp:

Although the studio is officially “closed” for Camp from June 23rd until July 7th, preparation has been months in the making (and we’ve got some great work-in-progress photos to prove it). Coordinating 30 peoples’ schedules, transportation logistics, meal planning, buying supplies, brainstorming on sleeping arrangements, etc. has been quite the task. Not to mention all the design we’ve done just for the camp itself!

With all 9 Camp Firebelly counselors busy tying up loose ends, tweaking code and printing the last bits we’ll probably end up working through the weekend. But it’s totally worth it