is a textile designer and engineer specializing in knit.

Anne-Marie Hirmer

She redefines the possibilities of knitted textiles by transforming them into active structures that challenge traditional notions of knitted textiles.

With a strong background in the textile and fashion industry, she explores the intersection of fashion and architecture. She translates design solutions from apparel into new contexts, dissolving the boundaries between body and space while unlocking new possibilities for the use of textiles beyond their traditional applications.
Her work blends technological innovation, architectural principles, and artistic expression.

Proudly worked

for / with

  • adidas

  • Armedangels

  • Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI)

  • Dual Borgstena Textile

  • nFrontier

  • Red Bull Atheltes

  • Alexander Wang x adidas originals

  • AlphaTauri

  • IVY OAK

Let’s collaborate

Education

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

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

Teaching assignments

  • Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
    Department: Textile- and Materialdesign BA + MA
    Winter term 2025/2026

  • Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
    Department: Textile Design BA + MA
    Summer term 2025

  • Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
    Department: Textile- and Materialdesign MA
    Winter term 2024/2025 + Summer term 2025

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

  • Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
    Department: Textile- and Materialdesign BA
    Winter term 2024/2025 +
    Winter term 2023/2024

Artist Residencies

  • Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Italy
    August 2022

  • Bergen, Norway
    August 2024 - September 2024