Friday Five with Michelle Adams of Rubie Green and Lonny Magazine

January 15th, 2010 admin

Michelle was first introduced to the importance of environmentally friendly design when she took a course in sustainability at Michigan State University, where she was studying apparel and textile design. According to Michelle, “our professor taught us that if we were going to put more products onto the earth then we needed to do so responsibly. It’s a concept that has stuck with me throughout the entire manufacturing process, despite the fact that it would have been twenty times easier to manufacture in traditional ways.” After school, Michelle honed her aesthetic at Domino , where she landed her dream job scouring the country (and the world!) for the …


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