Design Build Adventure

This past fall, we debuted two new camp formats: Women.Design.Build.Adventure and Camp Design Build Adventure Presents Writing & Welding. Both proved to be winning formulas that we’ll repeat in the coming year, so keep an eye on our Facebook page and be sure to join our mailing list to hear about future dates. A huge thanks to Stevan Alcala Photography for beautifully documenting both camps. Scroll below the photo gallery to read more about these awesome adventures.

Women.Design.Build.Adventure

Held in October, this adventure was born out of a partnership … Keep Reading→

THIS JUST IN: We’re adding another one-of-a-kind experience to our camp repertoire: “Camp DBA Presents: Writing & Welding.” Slated for Saturday, November 22, this workshop at Design Build Adventure headquarters in Austin will be led by writer Katie Ford and design-build artist Jack Sanders. Katie will take you through a morning of expressive writing exercises that will help set the tone for an afternoon of basic metalworking with Jack and his crew.

The workshop, which is limited to a cozy group of 10 participants, is for anyone interested in self-discovery, … Keep Reading→

Check it out, y’all! We’ve partnered up with Women.Design.Build to create our first-ever workshop for women only. Over two weekends in October, we will explore design principles, construction methods, welding techniques and much more as participants design and construct a “micro chapel” and reflection area at the Mobile Loaves and Fishes’ Community First! Village. This master-planned community in East Austin, when completed, will provide affordable, sustainable housing and a supportive community for the disabled, chronically homeless in Central Texas. In the name of building community, our workshop participants will … Keep Reading→

ACVB
Signed, sealed and delivered! The DBA crew installed a collection of custom furnishings for the new Austin Visitors Center. Thanks to Runa Workshop, the architectural firm behind the center, for allowing us to be a part of this very cool project.

Custom Table
We completed the second iteration of a custom-designed dining table with a steel base and white stone top. Designed by Adrian and Jack, the table now graces the dining room of a private residence in Houston.

Camp Heavy Metal
Our third Camp Heavy Metal benefitting … Keep Reading→

Earlier in March, we hosted our first-ever (and sold-out!) “Camp Design Build Adventure Presents Yoga and Welding.” This one-day workshop took place on a Saturday and embraced the theme of “Practicing your practice.”

Our adventure began with Kate Campbell leading a relaxing meditation on the front porch. She then took the participants through a hearty session of Vinyasa Flow, where the participants learned to test the boundaries of their comfort zones and focus their minds on the present moment.

After yoga, we all gathered on the back porch for a … Keep Reading→

This fall, we hosted our second-ever Design Build Adventure in Heavy Metal, benefitting the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM). It promised tons of adventure from the moment it began. The 2.5-day workshop kicked off in the midst of a severe thunderstorm that caused flash flooding all over greater Austin.

But the downpour wasn’t enough to stop our 11 adventurers from showing up to embark on a weekend of collaboration, creative thinking, and plenty of music, food and fun.

After receiving sketchbooks, safety glasses, earplugs and bandanas, the adventurers gathered … Keep Reading→

 
On Sept. 20-22, 2013, we’ll host a Design-Build Adventure in Heavy Metal at the Design Build Adventure studio in Hornsby Bend, just nine miles east of Austin on FM 969. Five acres of Central Texas prairieland — marked by sprawling pecan trees, a campfire pit, main house and tool shop — will serve as the setting for all activities.

This adventure promises to be a weekend of creative exploration and engaging conversation among people who enjoy learning, getting their hands dirty and just having a good time. Adventurers will … Keep Reading→

For the third June in a row, Camp Design Build Adventure has worked with the Dersu Collective in Marfa, Texas to continue the development of the park improvements at East Side Play!  Each year, the new campers are introduced to the project by our hosts, Nick and Maryam, who tell us what they observed since the previous year’s work.  From there, we embark on a 24 hour cultural immersion / sensory overload /  scavenger hunt which includes Marfa Hardware, Livingston’s, Food Shark, the Rock shop, the Lost Horse, etc, etc, … Keep Reading→

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April 21, 2013: Day 3 — the final day — of the Design Build Adventure in Heavy Metal, benefitting HAAM, began nice and easy with stretching on the back porch, breakfast tacos and coffee. Adventurers then quickly got to work, putting the finishing touches on their heavy metal masterpieces. As the sun got low on the horizon, everyone gathered for a celebratory dinner, prepared specially by Austin executive chef Rene Ortiz. Afterwards, friends of Design Build Adventure and the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) gathered for an evening … Keep Reading→

April 20, 2013: Day 2 of the Design Build Adventure in Heavy Metal, benefitting HAAM, kicked off with Stretching with Jack on the back porch. Adventurers then participated in a design discussion over a breakfast of migas and coffee before heading out to the shop to start bringing their ideas to life. During lunch, Jack and the adventurers finalized plans to ensure each person’s project would be successful, given available materials and time allotted. Adventurers also got a quick lesson in how to use a water level. The afternoon was … Keep Reading→

April 19, 2013: Day 1 of the Design Build Adventure in Heavy Metal, benefitting HAAM, included an orientation on the back porch, an introduction to power tools, and a campfire happy hour with William Harries Graham, Jon Dee Graham, Dan Dyer, Taylor Tehan and Heartless Bastards bassist Jesse Ebaugh.… Keep Reading→