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Ted Southern is an American artist and designer. He is a co-founder of
Final Frontier Design Final Frontier Design is a seed-stage startup company that builds and tests spacesuits. The company's products both enable, and are enabled by, the more recent lower-cost access to space epitomized by NewSpace launch companies such as SpaceX, Vi ...
and currently lives in
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Biography

Ted Southern, President of
Final Frontier Design Final Frontier Design is a seed-stage startup company that builds and tests spacesuits. The company's products both enable, and are enabled by, the more recent lower-cost access to space epitomized by NewSpace launch companies such as SpaceX, Vi ...
, artist, and designer, began his career in aerospace by entering the NASA Astronaut Glove Challenge in 2007 as part of his MFA thesis at Pratt Institute. In 2009, Ted and Nik took home a cash prize and created
Final Frontier Design Final Frontier Design is a seed-stage startup company that builds and tests spacesuits. The company's products both enable, and are enabled by, the more recent lower-cost access to space epitomized by NewSpace launch companies such as SpaceX, Vi ...
from the winnings with
Nikolay Moiseev Nikolay Moiseev is a Russian Lead Spacesuit Designer. He was exclusively featured by the documentary series "Made By Russians" for his work in the space industry. He specializes in glove design. He is a co-founder of Final Frontier Design and cu ...
. Ted and Nik used kickstarter to help fund the 3G space suit. Prior to space, Ted's work focused on technical garments for movies, theatre, and television including wings for
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and costumes for
Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (, ; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 ...
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* https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/872281861/final-frontier-designs-3g-space-suit * http://www.finalfrontierdesign.com/about-ffd/ * https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-southern-1325074a Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American designers American male artists Pratt Institute alumni Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-artist-stub