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Who am I?

Name: Axel Nyström
Live: Stockholm
Hometown: Göteborg
Profession: Designer
Employer right now: Self employed
Qualities as a designer: Meticulous, open-minded, experimental, good eye for details,
knowledge in fitting, designing with reason for being,
knows about production and quality, concept building
Strength: Positive, happy, easy going, straight forward
What motivates me: Personal development, inspiring people
What inspires me: Vintage, garment with a heritage, street-style, music, art, traveling, life

Work experience

ARKET AB, Stockholm
2020 – 2023
Senior Designer Menswear
– Responsible for designing outerwear, shirts, denim, jersey
– Assortment planning
– Concept building
– Follow up and analyse sales figure
– Guide and lead junior designers
– Work closely with concept designer to secure seasonal trends/theme
– Put together technical sketches
– Fabric sourcing
– Production and inspiration trips to Asia and Europe
– Daily contact with suppliers
– Daily collection presentations with managers
– Work closely to senior buyer to secure sales figures
– Working on sustainable project, fibres, yarn, fabric developing

ARKET AB, Stockholm
2019 – 2020
Senior Designer Concept Responsible Menswear
– Responsible for designing full mens casual collection
– Assortment planning
– Follow up and analyse sales figure
– Concept responsible for making seasonal theme, colours and mood
– Guide and lead junior designers
– Work closely with head of design to secure seasonal trends/theme
– Put together technical sketches
– Fabric sourcing
– Production and inspiration trips to Asia and Europe
– Daily contact with suppliers
– Daily collection presentations with managers
– Work closely to senior buyer to secure sales figures
– Working on sustainable project, fibres, yarn, fabric developing

J.Lindeberg AB, Stockholm
2016 – 2019
Senior Design Lead Menʼs Fashion
– Responsible for designing Menʼs Fashion outerwear, shirts, jersey, tailoring and trousers
– Work closely to and lead the design team
– Seasonal re-search, trends, colours, seasonal themes etc
– Daily contact with suppliers
– Put together technical sketches
– Production and inspiration trips to Asia and Europe

GANT AB, Stockholm
2015 – 2016 1 year 8 month
Senior Designer, GANT Rugger Menʼs Collection (ca 200 articles ex acc)
– Responsible for designing all product categories
– Seasonal re-search, trends, colours, seasonal themes 
– Building concepts
– Fitting and creating fits
– Fabric and trims sourcing
– Inspiration traveling
– Production traveling to Asia & Europe
– Technical sketches
– Sales book
– Presentation during sales conference
– Assortment planning
– Work with prices together with product developers
– Follow up and analyse sales figures

GANT AB, Stockholm
2014 – 2015 8 month
Product developer & design assistant, GANT Rugger
– Responsible for all technical sketches and sales book
– Daily contact with supplier regarding trims, fabric, fit, price, prototype comments
– Develop full menswear collection
– Meetings with fabric & trims suppliers
– Fabric & trims sourcing

GANT AB, Stockholm
2013 – 2014 1year 6 month
Design assistant, GANT Mainline Menʼs outerwear & blazers
– Daily contact with supplier regarding prototype comments, lab-dips
– Working close to senior designer and be a helpful hand and a creative sidekick
– Putting together technical sketches

KappAhl, Mölndal
2011 – 2013
Design Assistant Menswear, all product groups
– Creative sidekick for Senior Designers
– Sidekick during assortment and trend planning
– Day to day work with pattern maker
– Work with fitting and follow up after fitting
– Follow up on lab-dips and fabric sourcing
– Daily work in PLM program PDM
– Working with graphics and label designs
– Daily communication with marketing department regarding promotions and key looks
– Responsible for all sketches and making of coloUr cards

Vagabond Store, Göteborg
2005 – 2009
First salesman
– Selling shoes and shoe products
– Responsible for the store when store manager was off duty
– Visiting shoe fairs, mainly in Copenhagen
– Ordering and purchasing for the store
– Product developing at Vagabond HQ in Varberg

Education

Proteko, Borås
Textiles and Clothing
graduated spring 2011
– Courses in materials science, woven and knitting techniques, colour theory, sewing, purchasing, illustrator, photoshop, indesign,
business administration, marketing, PR, pattern making etc.

Hvitfeldtska Upper Secondary School, Göteborg science program
graduating spring 2004

Additional information

Languages
Swedish, first language English

Digital skills
Adobe CS pack
CLO 3D
Microsoft Office pack
PLM
Centric
Ai

Other experience

Weekday AB, Göteborg
2010, 3 month
internship, design, buying and production

References provided on request