Ted Southern is an American artist and designer.
He is a co-founder of
Final Frontier Design and currently lives in
Brooklyn
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,
New York
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, United States.
Biography
Ted Southern, President of
Final Frontier Design, 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 from the winnings with
Nikolay Moiseev. 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
Victoria's Secret
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and costumes for
Cirque du Soleil
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.
References
External links
* 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)
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