Anne Smith

Anne Smith graduated from Saint Martins School of Art and Design with a degree in Printed Textiles for Fashion. In 2002 she was appointed course director of BA Textile Design at Central Saint Martins and is now Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles.

Anne’s Altered States Research focuses on the exploration of the aesthetic and commercial viability of the application of laser cutting and marking technologies to interior, furnishing, fashion and accessories materials. An extensive database and sample library of laser cut and marked materials has been created which catalogues fibre content and performance characteristics of over 100 different substrates.
Anne has worked with a range of companies and collaborators and recent exhibitions have included:
PARTICLE FABRICS / SIGNATURES OF THE INFINITE 2: 2002 Milan, Italy and NEW TECHNOLGIES 2003: Textile Museum, Prato, Italy. Funded by EU / Science Technology Week and 10 Corso Como. Co-Exhibitors: CCAD (Kay Poitowicz, Cliff Nichols); LCF (Dr Frances Geesin); Kings College and European Molecular Biological Laboratory, Grenoble, France (Professor Clive Wilkinson): Group installation of non-woven fabrics for spatial divisions, wall panels and light sculptures featuring 330m of laser cut and etched designs which filtered light into interior space, using diffraction patterns derived from experiments in particle physics.
SURFACE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY AND TRADITION: Oct 03; Kulturcenter Huset, Aarhus, Denmark: Laser cut and etched fashion fabric lengths
100% DESIGN: Sept 2003 : Earls Court, London; Co-Exhibitors: Jasper Startup (lighting Designer): Laser Cut lighting Products for architecture, interior, contract markets
INNOVATE, PREDICATE, FABRICATE: February 2005 UAL / RSA: Royal Society of Arts, London; lengths of multi-layered laser cut fabrics
AVANTEX, FRANKFURT GERMANY: June 2005; lengths of multi-layered laser cut fabrics
Anne owns the Patent on: Surface Treatment of Material: Application of laser cutting and marking technologies to generic flooring materials