Brandi Parker is the Head of Realization at Pearlfisher. She has been solving brand challenges and bringing concepts to life using technical realization for over 15 years. With a thorough understanding of printing across a range of print types and presses, and knowledge of a range of materials, substrates and finishes, she advises Pearlfisher’s designers and clients on the way to producible ideas. Brandi’s passion for the design industry extends to nurturing new talent and she’s currently sharing the importance of Realization as an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. As the Head of Realization at Pearlfisher New York, Brandi offers innovation grounded in practicality. She challenges designers, clients and her students to think about the end game at the start, and encourages partners not to solve problems based on ease, but aesthetic impact. Brandi brings the noise, the charisma and she’s funny as hell.