Camp Firebelly 2011

I’m clearly too lazy to make an alliteration, after all it’s been a long, but rewarding few days. First thing today was to go on our press check at Salsedo and can I say the tabloid looks AWESOME! Plus the printers were more than hospitable and let us take home some sweet extra posters from around the shop. Be jealous.

Afterwards we journeyed to Inglewood (home of Derrick Rose BTW) to visit Growing home. We tried organic and locally grown vegetables. I found adorable bite sizes strawberries and got to try lots of fresh vegetables and herbs. They even let us take home some chard! Nom. The colors are brilliant and make a sassy accessory to Dawn’s outfit. Haha!

We came back to get right back to some serious design work. Our postcard project. We split up and went to take some pictures to use on the postcards pertaining to food justice. I got a great shot, plus some pictures of cool graffiti. We got back for dinner to get a visit from Luke Williams from Leo Burnet. He gave a great talk about what he wants from his career and his experiences in a program like Camp Firebelly. Made me realize how truly lucky I am to be a part of this and how much of impact I can make as a designer.

Immediately after Matthew Hoffman came over and we carved type out of some wood. I know for some of us the jigsaw was new and scary. My biggest challenge was thinking of something clever to cut. I ultimately chose the word “BROSKI” you may not get it, but trust me it means something to us. I’m going to finish it and varnish it at home. HOME! me oh my that is almost here. Tomorrow is the last full day and Wednesday I must retreat back to the suburbs. I’ll sure miss this place and all the people (but I may miss sleep more I’m a pro-napper).

Peace, love, and camp hard.