# 5 - Brandi Parker from Pearlfisher

- Show: [People of Packaging](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging)
- Published: 2019-08-13
- Length: 42m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2019-08-13-5-brandi-parker-from-pearlfisher
- Listen: https://encase.substack.com/p/5-brandi-parker-from-pearlfisher-262

## Summary

Brandi Parker, Head of Realization at Pearlfisher, explains her unique role bridging design, engineering, and production to bring packaging concepts to life. She details her unconventional career path from fine arts to packaging, emphasizing the importance of curiosity and cross-disciplinary knowledge. Parker discusses Pearlfisher's 'lightweighting' manifesto, which shifts sustainability responsibility from consumers to brands, and predicts a future of reusable packaging models like Loop.

## Chapters

- [0:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2019-08-13-5-brandi-parker-from-pearlfisher#t=5) Introduction: Brandi Parker and Pearlfisher
- [2:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2019-08-13-5-brandi-parker-from-pearlfisher#t=120) The Role of Head of Realization at Pearlfisher
- [5:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2019-08-13-5-brandi-parker-from-pearlfisher#t=355) Brandi Parker's Career Path and Education
- [15:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2019-08-13-5-brandi-parker-from-pearlfisher#t=927) Advice for Aspiring Packaging Professionals
- [29:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2019-08-13-5-brandi-parker-from-pearlfisher#t=1785) Macrocultural Shifts and Sustainability Trends
- [36:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2019-08-13-5-brandi-parker-from-pearlfisher#t=2174) The Future of Packaging: Less and Reusable

## Topics

- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Pearlfisher (company)
- University of Arkansas (other)
- FIT (other)
- Clemson (other)
- Terracycle (company)
- Loop (product)
- Rent the Runway (company)

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