{"id":175474,"date":"2022-02-15T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=175474"},"modified":"2022-02-15T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T18:03:46","slug":"diversifying-design-with-angela-medlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/diversifying-design-with-angela-medlin","title":{"rendered":"Diversifying Design with Angela Medlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/3ce21927-4a7d-4241-826a-17118cfb5bdd?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/diversifying-design-with-angela-medlin\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Angela Medlin is a legendary outdoor and athletic gear designer, with a resum\u00e9 boasting positions at the Jordan brand at Nike, Adidas, The North Face, Eddie Bauer and Levi Strauss. During her 25 year career, she was often the only person of color in her design department. It\u2019s a big reason she decided to leave the corporate world \u2014 instead of working at these brands herself, she wanted to train and prepare the next generation of designers and creatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her new venture FAAS, which stands for Functional Apparel and Accessory Studio, is a design lab, educational institute and more. The program specializes in innovation, applying lessons from athletic apparel to fashion and lifestyle design. FAAS\u2019s upcoming collaboration with REI will introduce young designers to the world of outdoor adventure gear and apparel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect with Angela:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faasdesigncollab.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/faastudiodesign\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/faasdesigncollab\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housedogge.com\/\">House Dogge<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/pensole.com\/\">Pensole<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Angela Medlin is a legendary outdoor and athletic gear designer, with a resum\u00e9 boasting positions at the Jordan brand at Nike, Adidas, The North Face, Eddie Bauer and Levi Strauss. 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