I visited with the President of Urban Outfitters and became aware that they are the second largest employer of RISD grads. Their headquarters in Philadelphia is an incredible story in sustainable development. The spaces are completely naturally lit because they adapted an old factory building and realized when the factory started out that in the early 1900s there were no massive electrical lighting systems; they thus reasoned that it had to be naturally lit somehow and found skylights everywhere that were simply boarded up. Their floors are made from recycled school gymnasium flooring, recycled glass, and a host of other re-adapted material. The President’s philosophy is one of recycle-reuse as their corporate mantra. I certainly took notes.