Fashion Nerds

Gothenburg, Sweden

Rickard Lindqvist

  • Kinetic pattern cutting
  • Digital garment development
  • Experimental tailoring

Rickard Lindqvist combines training as a men's tailor with research into new foundations for pattern cutting. After running his own label and working with companies including Vivienne Westwood and Nudie Jeans, he co-founded Atacac with Jimmy Herdberg.

Portrait of Rickard Lindqvist
Alex E. Melum Heino / Make Works · Copyrighted; see source terms.

Five looks to know

White shirt shown with its flat cutting layout — Rickard Lindqvist, Date not documented

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White shirt shown with its flat cutting layout

Date not documented

A documented example of the designer’s clothing or construction practice.

Photographer not specified in extracted source
Grey hooded coat — Rickard Lindqvist, Date not documented

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Grey hooded coat

Date not documented

This outer layer documents the designer’s approach to proportion and structure.

Photographer not specified in extracted source
Subversion jacket and shorts — Rickard Lindqvist, Date not documented

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Subversion jacket and shorts

Date not documented · ATACAC official catalog

The Subversion ensemble applies ATACAC’s movement-led approach to a relaxed jacket and shorts.

ATACAC official catalog photography; photographer not identified
Waste Not Tank Top — Rickard Lindqvist, Date not documented

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Waste Not Tank Top

Date not documented · ATACAC official catalog

The studio describes this tank top as using 99 percent of the fabric from which it is cut.

ATACAC official catalog photography; photographer not identified
One Jumpsuit to Rule Them All — Rickard Lindqvist, Date not documented

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One Jumpsuit to Rule Them All

Date not documented · ATACAC official catalog

A single rectangular piece of fabric creates the jumpsuit’s draped body and cropped limbs.

ATACAC official catalog photography; photographer not identified

Collections & archive pieces

1 collections represented · 1 piece

Selected work

1 piece

About Rickard Lindqvist

His kinetic approach studies the moving body, while digital visualisation and alternative production methods extend that research into the design and sale of clothing.