Hevesh: Campbell's Soup requested a commercial domino build at age 13
Lily Hevesh · HIBT Lab! Hevesh5: Lily Hevesh · Apr 27, 2023 · at 8:07
Lily Hevesh, professional domino artist and founder of Hevesh5, describes how her hobby turned into commercial client work during her early teens.
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“My first business inquiry was when I was 13 years old. It was a spec commercial for Campbell's Soup, and they wanted me to build the soup can out of Domino's”
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