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My name is Andréas Sandor Kristof, a fashion designer based in Sweden with a background outside of fashion that continues to inform how I approach my work today. What drives me is a strong curiosity for how garments are constructed and how they behave on the body – not just visually, but physically. I’m motivated by process: testing, cutting, and reworking ideas through making, where each step brings me closer to understanding both the garment and how it can exist on the body.

My practice is construction-led and focuses on garments as systems rather than isolated pieces. I often question traditional menswear by working with pattern techniques associated with womenswear, such as darts and shaping, allowing those methods to inform silhouettes that move across gender.

Through pattern cutting, material exploration, and iterative fittings, I develop garments that balance structure with playfulness. Many pieces are designed to be multifunctional, inviting the wearer to interpret and style them in different ways, making the final expression a collaboration between garment and body.

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I am a designer with a background in both entrepreneurship and the fashion industry with experience driving concept development, creative direction and product strategy across fashion and lifestyle brands. My drive is fueled by culture, music, literature, art and dance, especially in their contemporary forms. I practice from an emotional place in terms of react and response and I’m always looking for new perspectives, hoping to learn something new and grow. I really enjoy collaborating with other creatives, it’s one of the best ways to grow and evolve.

LESS is my way of reframing sustainability through contemporary storytelling. In my practice, I view denim as both a material and a methodology. I’m drawn to its longevity, versatility, and durability, and to how these qualities continue to shape its cultural relevance and transformation over time.
I focus on creating work that carries emotion and intention – work that invites people to feel, reflect, and question, not just consume. I’m drawn to moments when something uncomfortable captures my interest, and I choose to engage with it. More often than not, I create in tension with my own taste.

Foto: Roy Lissvik 

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As a designer, I am curious and intuitive, and this is how I approach my work. I am interested in randomness, chance, and stories.

In my process, I often translate a story and then mix it with misinterpretation and coincidence. Intuition and experience guide me.

I am satisfied with the outcome of my work when I see it and think there is something off that feels just right.

In my project Inherited Tracings, I work with existing men’s shirts and combine them with other textile materials from everyday objects.

I see the shirt as a canvas. It is a familiar and simple shape that gives me both structure and freedom. The color or pattern can guide the process, but often it stays open.

I am interested in changing shapes and working with layers and textures, guided by chance, time, and touch.

It feels right to work with what is already there and transform it into something new.

The process is ongoing, and the variations can keep growing over time.

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I’m Jonas, a knitwear designer driven by a vision to shape the next chapter of fashion through collaboration, respect for nature, and an innovative approach to production. What motivates me is the constant exploration of balance, between past and future, tradition and progress, and the many possibilities that emerge when we challenge how we see both craft and life itself.

My work is deeply inspired by the intersection of the traditional and the innovative. I believe that by revisiting heritage techniques and reframing them through a contemporary lens, we can unlock new creative directions. Knitting, to me, embodies this dialogue perfectly. It is a practice rooted in history, yet full of potential for transformation. Through my designs, I aim to push the boundaries of knitwear, contributing to its evolution while inspiring new perspectives on what knitting, and by extension, fashion, can become.

At the core of my practice is co-creation. A dynamic interplay between human and machine, and between digital and physical processes. This approach allows me to explore new methods of making while staying connected to the tactile and emotional qualities of the craft.

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My name is Julianna Smith. I am a trained architect and an independent knitwear pattern designer based in Gothenburg. I am driven by the art of creating and expressing my visions and creativity through tactile handwork.

My practice offers unique knitwear and crochet design patterns. Each piece is created with focus on detail, craftsmanship and a conscious approach to materials suggesting exclusively natural fibers. The space is created for those who value thoughtful design and the art of making.

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In my work as a textile artist and designer, my practice moves between tradition and the contemporary. Between technique and free interpretation. Looking back, absorbing, learning, and interpreting for our time. Seeking new forms of expression. Emotions. Form or function is the driving force. With a focus on material, method, and technique, an exploratory body of work takes shape that examines the place old home textiles and textile crafts can hold today. 

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