Anne-Marie Hirmer
is a textile designer and engineer 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 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
Circular Knit + Seamless Activewear
ARMEDANGELS
Dual Borgstena Textile Portugal
Freelance Designer
3D Flatknit + Innovation
Automotive Interior
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
Weißensee 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
Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
Department: Textile- and Materialdesign MA / Excellence Cluster - Matters of Activity
Summer term 2024
Plastic Design I / A: Construction of Surface (Knitting)
Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
Department: Textile- and Materialdesign BA
Winter term 2024/2025
Plastic Design I / A: Construction of Surface (Knitting)
Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
Department: Textile- and Materialdesign BA
Winter term 2023/2024
Artist residencies
Tekstilindustrimuseet
Bergen, Norway
August 2024 - September 2024
Studio Aphorisma
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Italy
August 2022