Wandawega Blog Archive
Charlie got fitted for her first bow……… “If you let me playi will like myself morei will have more self confidencei will be 60% less likely to get breast canceri will suffer less depressioni will be more likely to leave a man who beats mei will be less likely to get pregnant before i want toi will learn what it means to be strongif you let me play sports” – Janet Champ (for Wieden & Kennedy / Nike. // There is nothing better in the whole world than the smile on Charlie’s face when she draws.- whether she nails the target or not, it makes her so happy. #LetThemPlay
Midnight walking the grounds (I never actually do this: the quiet and darkness is too much. I always get the feeling that someone is watching me. The ghosts of the prohibition era feel more present at night – especially the farther you venture away from the lodge into the woods. // @nolis
GOOD MORNING SATURDAY! (looking forward to getting back to camp after a loooong city workweek. /// It’s a real blessing when you get to work with talented friends who inspire you – like the creative design ninjas from @ogilvy485 // honored to join these 5For the-no-sleep-3-day-day job-design-bender: @gusadel @hahnst @flemstagram @lucia_vee. & @sho_watanabe to have the Whole team back to the campfire this summer by @ bob of @thefrosthouse
(( Fav contemplation spot ))Thanks, for making us think about the things that make a difference – And to @TheColumbiaChronicle, for the recent article on our talk at @AIGAChicago: Start the conversation about what women bring to the table and the inequities with being a woman in design, -Marissa Strassel of the Women Lead Initiative of AIGA // article on todays profile line
Spring is rearing its head already (day lillies poppin- but about to get a flash-freeze shock tonight). : @bradandjen
Frankie is the boss around here. (He helped give a house tour to @WithAnother. They asked some tough questions about camp, kids & creativity. Love the work they are doing bringing women in creative fields together. // story on todays profile line & blog
A house tour & an honest conversation.
The lovely ladies at WITH ANOTHER stopped by to talk about creativity, resilience and roots. :https://www.withanother.com/journal/ Co-Founder of Camp Wandawega, Executive Director of Department of Experiential at Ogilvy, Author, and Designer What is your background? I was raised 8 miles outside of a farm town of 4,000 people. We didn’t have diversity of any kind. I graduated early and went to college at 20 at SIU. I was working three jobs; I worked as a sign painter for this old man who taught me how to hand letter and I worked at the university design shop. I was trying…
thanks, @RUELALA for naming CW ‘The Best 50 venues in the 50 states’ to represent the great state of Wisco! – link on today’s profile line // photo by @anda_marie // #TinyHousesOfWandawega
