Firebelly Design
Firebelly is a socially conscious design studio at 1402 N Western Avenue in Chicago, founded in 1999 by Dawn Hancock, that creates identity systems, brand campaigns and print and digital communications for socially responsible organizations. Its about page lists roughly nine staff and clients including Planned Parenthood, Divvy Bikes, Grant Thornton, the University of Chicago and the Stanford d.school. Clutch records the 1999 founding with branding as 40 percent of its work.
Why it’s hereA Chicago identity studio with 25-plus years of mission-driven brand work and awards its site attributes to the Webbys, Fast Company Innovation by Design and Communication Arts.
Listed at number 11 of the branding agencies in the Midwest. The order is editorial. This page repeats the fields recorded for Firebelly Design and does not add ratings, clients or prices that are not in those fields.
- Based in
- Chicago, IL
- Founded
- 1999
- Team size
- 1–10 people
- Led by
- Dawn Hancock, Executive Director + Founder
- Known for
- identity systems · brand campaigns · social-impact and nonprofit branding · print and digital communications
- Named clients
- Planned Parenthood, Divvy Bikes, Grant Thornton, University of Chicago, Stanford d.school, The Newberry, FLOR
- Best for
- Nonprofits, cultural institutions, universities and mission-driven companies that want equity-centered brand identity, naming and web design.
- Selected work
- Recognition
- Office
- 1402 N Western Ave · Chicago, IL · 60622 · +1 773 489 3200

UpdateFounded in 1999 by Dawn Hancock; WBE-certified.
Sources firebellydesign.com, clutch.co · LinkedIn ↗
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