The Net Effect: Firebelly Design’s Founder Dawn Hancock at 52nd monthly CreativeMornings in Chicago

At the 52nd gathering of the Chicago chapter of CreativeMornings, Firebelly Design founder Dawn Hancock shared selected details of her journey from student to studio founder and owner. Her presentation was a tone poem about how her family roots and relationships primed her to make a business that is not only one of Chicago’s best-known creative crews, but one with a strong reputation for design activism.

Hancock’s story reinforces how personal relationships—both positive and negative—shape hum...