January 23rd, 2025
6:30PM EST
Emily Pearl Principal, Lundberg Design
Emily Pearl is a Principal at Lundberg Design, a full-service architecture and fabrication studio located in SanFrancisco’s historic Dogpatch neighborhood. The firm has its own dedicated 4,000square foot metal fabrication facility for custom design work and experimentation. Every project is centered on the qualities of materials – how they can be plied, bent and cut toproduce a visual and tactile result. The firm has designed a wide variety of buildings and spaces, inclusive of private residences, wineries, restaurants, corporate headquarters, sacred spaces, even SFMTA’s bus shelters. Emily’s interest in material qualities and assemblies began at anearly age and was honed in the sculpture studio, which eventually redirected her from a previously anticipated career in medicine. Sheis cofounder of The Craft, a women’s collaborative centered on the strengthening relationships and careers of women in building and design.
Emily is a Bay Area native and is licensed in California. She received her Master of Architecture with distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a B.A. in Studio Art with honors from Dartmouth College. She has also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and has trained professionally in Tokyo, London, and San Francisco. She was co-chair of Womxn in Design (WiD) at Harvard, which initiated and propelled recurring workshops, exhibits, and symposium exploring topics including scarcity of womenin the professional field of architecture and their evolving roles internationally.
The Artist's Hand:Navigating a Career Built on Craft and Gut Instinct
In her talk, Emily will speak about what guided her to the position she is in today: the importance of not being too rigid, staying open to new opportunities, and following her gut instinct, which led her to an architectural career focused on the notion of craft, the importance of the artist's hand, and relishing in the challenge of atypical design opportunities.