“With my prior research focused on deployable satellite panels, it was my desire to overlap science and art to bring real-world solutions that could be adopted in a rapid time scale that pushed me to create Petit Pli,” he said. “When my nephew was born, I found a cool top, which I sent to him in Denmark. But by the time it arrived, he had already outgrown it. This served as a signal that garments made for children were not suitable for their speedy growth.”