about



claudio nold
designer & owner
Passionate and purpose-driven Apparel Designer with a BSc and Brand Ambassador with over 15 years of experience in the industry. Specializing in conceptualizing, creating, and promoting sustainable outdoor and lifestyle gear. As a true outdoor enthusiast, I find inspiration in the great outdoors and my love for boardsports, culture, art, and the thrill of travel.
Throughout my career, I had the chance to teach and work with the sports I love most. Story telling and selling goods for two of Switzerland's greatest minds, the Freitag brothers, as well as conceptualizing and creating nearly ten years of iXS' MTB textile collection. This journey resulted in multiple awards for game changing items and our transition to a sustainable brand segment in a performance-driven industry.
Situated now at the crossroads of design, marketing, and sales, I'm eager and dedicated to advancing eco-friendly practices in creating, producing, and selling products for a new industry on my own, by proudly opening claudio nold x CLDNLD studio.
Contact me for causing sustainable change in your Apparel-, Product-, Graphic- and Web-Design Project.
career highlights
work experience
01.2025 - recent
claudio nold x CLDNLD studio
Designer & owner
04.2023 - 10.11.2023
Surf & travel basque country
Kook, Cook & the quest for enlightment
07.2015 - 01.2023
iXS Sports-Division Sursee
Fashion Designer & Product Manager MTB Textiles
01.2011-06.2011
GOrilla. urban cycling
Consultant Fixed gear & Supply chain
02.2010 - 12.2014
FREITAG lab. ag, Zürich
Team Leader & Sales Assistant
education
07.2011-07.2014
BSc (Hons) Fashion Design & Technology - Design
Swiss Textile College Zürich/University West London
08.2005 - 08.2007
Diploma STF in Fashion Assistant
Swiss Textile College Zürich
skills-set
hard skills
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Apparel design & development
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Targetmarket analysis
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Trend & color research
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Outdoor expertise
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Expertise in sustainable dev.
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Brand development
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Sales Ambassador B2B & B2C
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Team-Leadership
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Shop Management
soft skills
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Open & communicative
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Creative disruptor
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Conscious lifestile
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Charismatic networker
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Team player
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Fast learner
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Supportive leadership
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Connoiseur (they say)
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Multicultural experience
IT
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MS Office
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Adobe creative suite
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Pantone x-Ref
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AI RLHF
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WIX Studio