If you're from Chicago, chances are you've heard of Dibs. It's the time-honored tradition of giving mother nature the middle finger and claiming dominion over your own parking space. To raise money and awareness of the 6,000 Chicagoans who live on the streets in the winter, I developed a project with an incredible line-up of local artists to bring a whole new meaning to the practice.

During the first major snowfall, Dibs’ chairs were dropped all over the city to call attention to the fact that not everyone has a space this winter. Once the press noticed, we launched a website, month-long retail experience and auctioned off one-of-kind Dibs’ chairs.

11 million media impressions later, bidding ended and big chunk of money was raised to help Lincoln Park Community Services extend their mission of helping the city’s homeless.

Thanks to all the artists involved - Jim Bachor, Shelby Rodeffer, Lauren Asta, Cody Hudson, Lefty, Ryan Duggan, JC Rivera, Matthew Hoffman, Nathaniel Russel, Tubs, (SUB)Urban Warrior, Anthony Lewellen, Chuck Anderson (NO Pattern), Cathy Turley, David Jensen, Diana Pietryzk, Sebastian Napoli and Alicja Polachek.