Anne-Marie Hirmer

is a textile engineer and designer specializing in knit.
Her innovative approach pushes the boundaries of traditional knitted textiles, emphasizing materiality and three-dimensional creation. With a focus on sustainability, she designs smart solutions that optimize production processes while harnessing the unique properties of materials.

With over nine years of experience in the fashion and textile industry, Anne-Marie has applied and refined her skills as a technical product developer, pattern maker, and designer for esteemed and technologically sophisticated fashion brands such as adidas and AlphaTauri. Drawing from this background, she explores the crossover between fashion and architecture, seeking to blur the lines between the human form and spatial design.

Anne-Marie's creative process is a fusion of technological innovation, architectural principles, and artistic expression.

Next to her own practice, she is a freelance designer and developer specializing in flatknit. She is currently a teacher for knit design and technology at the Weißensee Academy of Art in Berlin.

Proudly worked for / with

Freelance Designer
3D Flatknit and Innovation
since September 2024

Dual Borgstena Textile Portugal

nFrontier GmbH

Senior Textile Designer Innovation
November 2022 - October 2023

Product Developer + Technical Designer Knitwear
August 2019 - June 2021

AlphaTauri GmbH

Product Developer Apparel
Focus: Knitwear
April 2017 - August 2019

Ivy Oak GmbH

adidas originals x Alexander Wang

Product Developer + Pattern Maker Apparel
April 2016 - April 2017

Product Developer + Pattern Maker Apparel
Collections: Porsche Design Sport,
Y3-Roland Garros, Olympics 2016
January 2014 - April 2016

adidas Group

Education

Focus: Flatknit Design in a spatial context
Weißsensee Academy of Art Berlin
October 2021 - October 2023

M.A. Textile- and Material Design

B.Eng. Clothing- and Textile Technology

Focus: Knit Technology and Design
Albstadt-Sigmaringen University
March 2009 - January 2013

Teaching assignments

Innovation meets Flatknit - Design and Development Processes on the Industrial Knitting Machine

Weißsensee Academy of Art Berlin
Department: Textile- and Materialdesign / Excellence Cluster - Matters of Activity
Summer term 2024

Plastic Design I / A: Construction of Surface (Knitting)

Weißsensee Academy of Art Berlin
Department: Textile- and Materialdesign
Winter term 2024/2025

Plastic Design I / A: Construction of Surface (Knitting)

Weißsensee Academy of Art Berlin
Department: Textile- and Materialdesign
Winter term 2023/2024

Artist residencies

Tekstilindustrimuseet

Bergen, Norway
August 2024 - September 2024

Studio Aphorisma

Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Italy
August 2022