LI@SX: Abe Burmeister

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Channel: Columbia GSAPP · 2013 · Education

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Abe Burmeister is co-founder of Outlier, an innovative performance clothing company whose first product was a pair of pants designed to enable bike commuting. We'll be talking about the history and future of performance garment design, from suits of armor to technical climbing gear, how to design clothes for a more engaged urban mobility, what particular materials and structures suit different forms of physical motion, and the perennial problem of the bike helmet.

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