RDC AtelierCreative practice

Where the standards are set.

Strategy and craft, in one room. The foundation a brand runs on, its collections and campaigns, and the operations underneath them.

The Atelier works with brands across design and the arts.

The fit is agreed first. Each brand is then matched with consultants who work at labels and studios, some running their own, and with the specialists the brief calls for.

RDC creates the changes of tomorrow, through human-first design. One vision at a time.

01Introductory CallHalf an hour, one to one, with our partnerships lead: what you are building, and the engagement that fits it.Complimentary
02ConsultationA working session, then a written assessment: where the brand stands, and what to build first.Set fee
credited forwardWithin sixty daysTerms and conditions apply
03Brand FoundationPositioning, identity and voice, set down as the guidelines the brand runs on.Scoped
04Collection & Ops BuildThe collection and the operations behind it: sourcing, sequencing and costing.Scoped
05WebsiteWhere the brand meets its audience, designed and built by the same hands.Scoped
06CampaignArt direction, casting and the shoot, made to carry the brand beyond a single season.Scoped
07Design DirectionCreative direction that stays with the brand, holding everything it puts out to one standard.Ongoing
Lune Blanche, film photograph

Look I · on film

Lune Blanche, film photograph

Look II · on film

Lune Blanche, film photograph

Look III · on film

Taped sketches for Lune Blanche

The sketchbook

Lune Blanche, in cashmere, crinoline, cowhide and cochineal-dyed chiffon.

A collection is not a set of garments. It is one decision, held long enough to become a body of work: the sketches taped to a wall, the toile, the cloth, and finally the film. The Atelier works this way, whatever a brand makes.

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Two kinds of work leave the Atelier. Each is a product in its own right.

The first is the concept: positioning, identity and the idea a collection is built on, worked on the wall into a direction, then written down as guidelines. It is delivered whole, for the brand to work from.

The second is the deliverable: the collection and its operations, the campaign, the website. It is the concept in finished form, and the part of the brand a customer sees and holds.

RDC brings paradigm-shifting ideas to life with partners. Made by the same hands, scoped as separate engagements. A brand can commission either on its own, and neither is a draft of the other.

Every partner begins with a conversation.

Half an hour, complimentary and deliberate.