Firebelly Design

Specialties

At Firebelly, we work to inspire conscious thought and action through design. Since our founding in 1999, we’ve pioneered an ethic that values honesty, empathy and Good Design for Good Reason™.

We are skilled typographers, writers, photographers and makers with over 100 combined years of professional experience. Guided by our intention, intellect and instinct, we build communication tools that encourage conversation and engagement in and across communities to effect positive social change. Our award-​winning work demonstrates our relentless commitment to intelligent solutions and conscientious creativity in all of our endeavors.

Our clients include both public and private sector companies, well-​established organizations and ambitious start-​ups alike. Each one benefits from our proven expertise in conceptualizing and delivering beautiful, effective design.

History

Established in 1999.

Creating good design for good reason for nearly 10 years, Firebelly understands sustainability and the importance of culturally relevant, socially responsible work. Our clients continually afford us real opportunities to affect the world around us and we love them for that. Sometimes, however, we see opportunities for change independent from our clients and decide to get involved on our own. Occasionally, we’ll go so far as to shut down the entire studio to make these things happen.

Meet the Business Owner

Dawn H.

Business Owner

Dawn calls the shots. As creative director and owner of Firebelly, she cultivates the studio’s design culture and inspires the best work with vision, compassion and an infallible gut instinct.

From fledgling nonprofits and hungry startups to major corporations looking for complete brand overhauls, clients of every size and industry trust Dawn’s independence, ingenuity and proven approach to authentic, broad scope branding.

Under Dawn’s guidance, the studio has won awards in nearly every American design journal and was made part of The Newberry Library’s permanent collection and the Society of Typographic Arts’ Chicago Design Archive.

When she’s not designing for world change, Dawn mentors the next generation of maverick problem solvers through job shadowing, studio tours and portfolio reviews. She also spends time on the lecture circuit, speaking at design schools and conferences as far away as Doha, Qatar and teaching workshops on sustainable design.

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