Amanda Smith
Amanda Smith is a New Zealand design academic, and is a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology, specialising in textile design, printed textiles, and seamless knitwear. She previously worked as a knitwear designer in Japan and New Zealand. Smith is head of AUT's School of Design, and founded the Textile and Design Laboratory.
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Amanda Smith
- Name
- Amanda Smith
- Occupation
- designer · researcher
- Fields
- fashion design · textile design
- Education
- Auckland University of Technology
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Amanda Smith is a New Zealand design academic, and is a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology, specialising in textile design, printed textiles, and seamless knitwear. She previously worked as a knitwear designer in Japan and New Zealand. Smith is head of AUT's School of Design, and founded the Textile and Design Laboratory.
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Amanda Smith studied at Auckland University of Technology. Sharon Evans-Mikellis, Jyoti Kalyanji and Finn Godbolt are recorded as having studied under Amanda Smith. The field of work recorded is fashion design and textile design. Employment is recorded with Auckland University of Technology. Positions recorded include full professor and associate professor.
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Key facts
• Name — Amanda Smith • Thesis1 Title — Seamless knitwear: singularities in design • Thesis1 Url — https: hdl.handle.net/10292/5761 • Thesis1 Year — 2013
Academic career
Academic career
Smith completed a Bachelor of Fashion Design with Honours at the University of Gloucestershire, followed by a Master of Design, Knitwear and Knitted Textiles at Nottingham Trent University in 1989. Smith then spent seven years working as Head Designer for Takanashi Design Jimusho in Tokyo, before moving to New Zealand to lead Tapestry Knitwear in Auckland in 2000. She joined the faculty of the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in 2002, where she was head of the Department of Fashion and Textile Design. Smith completed a PhD titled Seamless knitwear: singularities in design at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in 2013. She was appointed as an associate professor in 2017, and then promoted to Professor of Fashion and Textiles in 2022. As of 2024 she is Head of the School of Design at AUT. She lives on Waiheke Island and enjoys shopping for clothes at recycling shops. Smith cites Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo as her favourite designers. Smith's research focuses on the interface of craft and technology, and she is interested in smart textiles, knitted textiles, and seamless knitwear. She is the founder of AUT's Textile and Design Laboratory.
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* * * * • Amanda Smith. Section 2. Textiles Materials and Processes. Disrupting digital making for seamless knit design, in
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