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(In David Attenborough voice) Hungarian Promotion-Back dragons form a symbiotic relationship with local businesses, grow...
08/20/2026

(In David Attenborough voice) Hungarian Promotion-Back dragons form a symbiotic relationship with local businesses, growing business cards and t-shirts from their spines.

Last farmers market before the Iowa State Fair! Making lots of dairy themed earrings for no apparent reason. I've stoppe...
07/25/2026

Last farmers market before the Iowa State Fair! Making lots of dairy themed earrings for no apparent reason. I've stopped eating now, so I can eat more at fair!

There are road trips… and then there are quests.Iowa has 83 state parks, hundreds of miles of trails, hidden overlooks, ...
07/11/2026

There are road trips… and then there are quests.

Iowa has 83 state parks, hundreds of miles of trails, hidden overlooks, quiet campgrounds, and some of the best lakes in the Midwest. You could spend a lifetime exploring them all, or you could start with one weekend.

Our Iowa State Parks Passport was designed to make those adventures memorable. Slide a tree marker into each park you’ve visited and watch your map come to life. Pair it with one of our bathymetric lake maps, and every fishing trip, paddle, or sunset on the water becomes part of your story.

The best souvenirs aren’t the ones you buy. They’re the places you’ve been, the people you shared them with, and the memories hanging on your wall long after the road trip ends.

So pack the snacks. Fill up the gas tank. Take the scenic route. Stop at the small-town café. Hike the trail that wasn’t on your original plan.

Iowa is waiting to be explored.

Be Found at DSM Foundry.

Choose Your Starter, Iowa Edition!The Downtown Farmers’ Market is open 7 AM - 12 PM, rain or shine, and today’s big deci...
05/30/2026

Choose Your Starter, Iowa Edition!

The Downtown Farmers’ Market is open 7 AM - 12 PM, rain or shine, and today’s big decision isn’t what to have for breakfast.

It’s choosing your starter.

🌱 Grass Type - The green Iowa topography map. Super effective against boring walls.

🔥 Fire Type - The red Iowa topography map. Known for high attack stats and dramatic entrances.

💧 Water Type - The blue Iowa topography map. Calm, collected, and probably knows Surf (Ballroom).

Each one is handcrafted, layered, and ready to begin its journey with a new Trainer.

⚠️ Professor Foundry’s Warning: If you sleep through your alarm and all three starters have already been claimed, don’t worry. We still have an Electric Type available.

It’s a field mouse that has corn tapped to it.

🌽⚡

(We’re pretty sure that’s how that trade marked game the kids love works in Iowa.)

Come find us at the Downtown Farmers’ Market from 7 AM to Noon, rain or shine. Whether you’re collecting state parks, county fairs, lakes, stadiums, or your favorite corner of Iowa, we’ve got a map waiting for its next Trainer.

Be Found at DSM Foundry.

05/25/2026

Today, we pause.

Not for the sales. Not for the long weekend. Not for the cookouts or the lake trips.

We pause for those who never made it home.

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row…”

* John McCrae

Memorial Day is stitched into quiet moments. Folded flags. Empty chairs. Stories told at kitchen tables. Names engraved in stone and carried in memory. Loved ones that are now memories.

At DSM Foundry, we spend our days creating pieces meant to preserve places, moments, and memories. Today reminds us there are some memories far bigger than ourselves. Sacrifices that shaped the freedoms we often move through without thinking twice.

“We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved…”

To those who served and gave everything, thank you feels impossibly small, but we say it anyway.

May we remember well. May we live worthy of the torch passed forward.

Be Found. Remember Well.

BLOCKADE GATE UPDATE After carefully reviewing our concerns, the DMPD took swift and decisive action by moving the barri...
05/23/2026

BLOCKADE GATE UPDATE

After carefully reviewing our concerns, the DMPD took swift and decisive action by moving the barricades approximately 14 inches. Truly transformational infrastructure work happening before our eyes.

They even left the moving pole behind, which feels less like “helpful oversight” and more like a highly sophisticated sting operation. We’ve seen enough cop shows to know better than to touch it.

In unrelated news, access to DSM Foundry now includes a complimentary obstacle course and light urban navigation challenge. Be Found at DSM Foundry, if you can make it through Blockade Gate™.

Also, huge shout out to our neighbors at Chubby.pug.cheese for being absolute legends and letting customers walk through their tent so people can still get to us without needing mountaineering gear and a city permit. Support good neighbors, buy dog treats, and tell them DSM Foundry sent you.

Downtown Des Moines Farmers Market update:Our products got so hot this morning that DMPD apparently installed anti-theft...
05/23/2026

Downtown Des Moines Farmers Market update:

Our products got so hot this morning that DMPD apparently installed anti-theft barricades directly in front of our booth. 🚔🔥

We’re choosing to interpret this as a compliment.

Come browse handcrafted travel maps, national park passports, stadium trackers, bathymetric lake maps, colorful topography art, and our dangerously adorable coloring boards before the city decides we need a full perimeter.

Find DSM Foundry downtown today. If you see the yellow barricade, you’re close.

At the ! You know what it is and what we do, how about something completely different?A dear friend of Foundry released ...
05/16/2026

At the ! You know what it is and what we do, how about something completely different?

A dear friend of Foundry released a podcast set in future Des Moines! "235 Bloom" A hopeful take on the future told through TTRPGs. It's petty neat!

https://shorturl.at/hCI54

Des Moines farmer's market week 2! Twice the fun half the calories! (Not really though, there's a lot of calories down h...
05/09/2026

Des Moines farmer's market week 2! Twice the fun half the calories! (Not really though, there's a lot of calories down here.)

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts."...
05/02/2026

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts." -Mark Twain

First Downtown Farmers Market!
Start a journey with one of our maps, color in a wood puzzle, or appease your kids with a 3D printed toy! Just make sure to buy local!

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216 E Court Avenue
Des Moines, IA
50309

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