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Michelle Fornabai

Michelle Fornabai is a designer developing architectural prototypes at various scales between body, building and city, which have increasingly involved collaborations with fashion, furniture, and industry. She received her Masters of Architecture from Princeton University, and has taught at Tulane University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and most recently at The Rhode Island School of Design. She co-founded Studio Matrixx, a collaborative practice established in 1998, and has established her own practice, ambo.infra design, in 2001*. Her design research investigates the innovative use of materials and technologies to explore issues of the body and environs. Her work has been exhibited at numerous sites including the Whitney Museum, Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans and has been published in Surface and Praxis.   *(ambo.infra is an anagram for m.fornabai)