Student Spotlight: Gayle Alden Robbins From Glasgow Caledonian New York College

Press release from the Glasgow Caledonian New York College:

May 13, 2021

Gayle Alden Robbins is a current GCNYC Masters Student. As a Conscious Design, Branding and Foresight Strategist, Gayle utilized her studies at GCNYC to create pomfy®, a product that benefits people without harming the planet. She uses up-cycled designer silks for the weighted eye-pillows and the one-of-a-kind meditation pillows are patched together using last season’s headers from European fabrics. All the pillows are made domestically.

The name pomfy® stands for Peace Of Mind For You. My pomfy® peeps can rest easy knowing that the pillows are consciously designed. Conscious design means both an awareness of the potential long-term and unintended consequences of what we design and a continuous experimentation of our design process to build more sustainable products and services.

I still have my post-it note taped to the inside of my pomfy® notebook. I wrote “build a sustainable brand.” While I did not understand the depth of that statement at the time…I do now.

Pomfy® is a magical combination of love and wonder – love for my husband and wonder about what it means to build a healthy planet.

It’s such an exciting time to be working with purpose driven brands creating concepts supporting people and planet. Thank you GCNYC for helping me light this candle!

This press release was produced by the Glasgow Caledonian New York College. The views expressed are the author's own.