Blamo! Steve Tidball of Vollebak on Clothing for the Future
Apr 8, 2024
Steve Tidball, Co-founder of Vollebak, discusses designing clothing for the future, including durability, climate adaptability, and longevity. They explore the need for changes in the next 100 years, enhanced organisms, living forever, and the role of clothing in a changing world.
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Parenting Chaos Realness
- Jeremy Kirkland shares a story about his youngest son vomiting right before preschool.
- The chaos illustrates the unpredictable reality behind daily routines most people experience.
Using Extraordinary Materials
- Vollebak chooses materials nobody else thinks of, like NASA parachute fabric.
- This makes production expensive and challenging but pioneers future clothing technology.
Clothing as Tech Interface
- Clothing will evolve into bionic, tech-embedded wearables modulating health.
- Within 50 years, humans will have enhanced entities using clothing as a tech interface.