Glen Morden's guest appearances

Glen Morden

BLISTER Podcast

GEAR:30

Paul Forward

Luke Jacobson

Andrew Alexander

David Golay

Cody Townsend

Jason Levinthal

Stephan Drake

Matt Sterbenz

Jed Yeiser

McKenna Peterson

Chris Davenport

J Skis

Scott Andrus

Pete Wagner

Dan Abrams

OwlTail

Corey Simpson

Patagonia’s Glen Morden (Product Innovation, Materials, &amp; Development) and Corey Simpson (Communications) came to Crested Butte to ski with us and to discuss how Patagonia is thinking about sustainability and product performance; how they continue to evolve on this front; talk about a few of their new pieces; their prototyping process; and more.TOPICS &amp; TIMES:Future performance innovations (8:00)Sustainability Practices: 5 Years Ago vs. Today (12:20)End-of-life solutions for garments (16:20)Is sustainability a performance characteristic? (22:06)Patagonia’s new Stormstride Kit &amp; Upstride Kit (27:33)“Perceived” Comfort &amp; Breathability (33:11)Simplifying kits (43:44)The death of distinguishing between “hard” and “soft” shells? (46:00)Dressing for the worst-case scenario? (47:50)Patagonia’s prototyping process (52:29)Where will we see the biggest improvements? (57:42) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patagonia’s Glen Morden (Product Innovation, Materials, &amp; Development) and Corey Simpson (Communications) came to Crested Butte to ski with us and to discuss how Patagonia is thinking about sustainability and product performance; how they continue to evolve on this front; talk about a few of their new pieces; their prototyping process; and more.TOPICS &amp; TIMES:<ul><li>Future performance innovations (8:00)</li><li>Sustainability Practices: 5 Years Ago vs. Today (12:20)</li><li>End-of-life solutions for garments (16:20)</li><li>Is sustainability a performance characteristic? (22:06)</li><li>Patagonia’s new Stormstride Kit &amp; Upstride Kit (27:33)</li><li>“Perceived” Comfort &amp; Breathability (33:11)</li><li>Simplifying kits (43:44)</li><li>The death of distinguishing between “hard” and “soft” shells? (46:00)</li><li>Dressing for the worst-case scenario? (47:50)</li><li>Patagonia’s prototyping process (52:29)</li><li>Where will we see the biggest improvements? (57:42)</li></ul> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Patagonia’s Glen Morden & Corey Simpson on Product Performance & Sustainability

Glen Morden has an extremely cool job — he's the head of Product Innovation at Patagonia. So we talk to Glen about his background and how he ended up in this position, then Glen pulls back the curtain on the product design process at Patagonia, what he and his colleagues are currently most concerned with, and what sorts of projects are on the horizon. So if you are interested in product design, new gear, or how innovation happens, you’re going to enjoy this conversation.TOPICS &amp; TIMES:﻿As the "VP of Product Innovation at Patagonia" ... what do you actually do? (1:01)Glen's background (4:10)What was your formal education like? (7:14)When &amp; how did you start working at Patagonia? (18:29)What is the design process like at Patagonia, and what are the various departments &amp; teams? (22:42)Impact reduction and product design (28:30)What are your favorite products that you've worked on? (36:18)What areas in apparel design do you see the most potential for improvement? (40:33)Working with Patagonia's athletes and ambassadors (44:56)We love soft shells, so why have they struggled to catch on? (47:11)Sam Shaheen's nerd question (52:04)How much time is spent on impact reduction, or developing new technologies? (55:55)Design Inspiration (1:00:50) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glen Morden has an extremely cool job — he's the head of Product Innovation at Patagonia. So we talk to Glen about his background and how he ended up in this position, then Glen pulls back the curtain on the product design process at Patagonia, what he and his colleagues are currently most concerned with, and what sorts of projects are on the horizon. So if you are interested in product design, new gear, or how innovation happens, you’re going to enjoy this conversation.TOPICS &amp; TIMES:<ul><li>﻿As the "VP of Product Innovation at Patagonia" ... what do you actually do? (1:01)</li><li>Glen's background (4:10)</li><li>What was your formal education like? (7:14)</li><li>When &amp; how did you start working at Patagonia? (18:29)</li><li>What is the design process like at Patagonia, and what are the various departments &amp; teams? (22:42)</li><li>Impact reduction and product design (28:30)</li><li>What are your favorite products that you've worked on? (36:18)</li><li>What areas in apparel design do you see the most potential for improvement? (40:33)</li><li>Working with Patagonia's athletes and ambassadors (44:56)</li><li>We love soft shells, so why have they struggled to catch on? (47:11)</li><li>Sam Shaheen's nerd question (52:04)</li><li>How much time is spent on impact reduction, or developing new technologies? (55:55)</li><li>Design Inspiration (1:00:50)</li></ul> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Product Innovation at Patagonia, with Glen Morden