I'm Brijhette,
pronounced like bridge and jet.
I thrive at the intersection of design, computation, and engineering.
🎨 ui design — ux design — 📐computational design — 💻 web development — architecture —
🌉 structural & earthquake engineering — design leadership — ✊🏾🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇭🇹 activism
🌉 structural & earthquake engineering — design leadership — ✊🏾🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇭🇹 activism
Design leader with over 10 years of experience.
Eight-for-one special.
Multi-hyphenate badass.
Boss status.
Eight-for-one special.
Multi-hyphenate badass.
Boss status.
Areas of expertise
My favorite roles allow me to draw upon expertise in design, operational excellence, and leadership to unlock cool stuff for teams.
01
UI/UX Design
For three years, I worked at Target's innovation lab in downtown SF. One highlight? We shipped a connected display to over 1000 stores nationwide and also filed for a patent. Our work used emerging technologies like AR/VR, blockchain, and IoT to create experiential experiences for Target guests. I've also worked with dozens of small- and medium-sized businesses to design their graphics, websites, social media pages, merch, and more.
See www.brijhettefarmer.myportfolio.com to learn more about this work.
See www.brijhettefarmer.myportfolio.com to learn more about this work.
02
Growth Design
At Adobe, my team and I focus on designing, validating, and testing experiences to help subscribers get the most value out of their Creative Cloud plans. We have designed experiences for Xd, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator (my favorite app), Lightroom, Acrobat, Firefly, Express, Adobe.com, and the Creative Cloud Desktop app. Each year, we conduct 250+ experiments, contributing millions to the business.
03
Building Physics
With training in architecture and structrual & earthquake engieering, I bring an extensive knowledge of physical and 3D modeling, as well as computational design techniques, to projects. Expert knowledge of Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Python, and popular plugins like V-Ray and Karamba. I've also dabbled with Abaqus, Revit, and Sketchup.
04
Leadership
At Adobe, I have managed a team of up to 7 folks spanning design, engineering, and related disciplines. By adopting a servant-leader mindset, I've sought to create a psychologically safe, extremely inclusive, and high-performance environment for the team. Each year, we take time to (1) fix things that are broken and (2) uplevel our own skills. As someone who's navigated several major cycles of burnout, my utmost priority is keeping team morale high and exhaustion low.
In addition, I have a long history of teaching, tutoring, and mentorship. From leading lectures on structures and parametric design in grad school to serving as the lead instructor at Berkeley's UI/UX bootcamp, I enjoy stoking students' love for complex topics.
In addition, I have a long history of teaching, tutoring, and mentorship. From leading lectures on structures and parametric design in grad school to serving as the lead instructor at Berkeley's UI/UX bootcamp, I enjoy stoking students' love for complex topics.
05
Music & Photos
I'm a composer and classically trained pianist who sings in both English and German. My music merges a deep, almost haunting voice — one that is clearly inspired by early roots in the Black church — and a somber songwriting style. Follow me on Spotify.
I've also used just my phone (Google Pixel ftw) to take beautiful photos of buildings, bridges, and structures while commuting, running errands, and traveling to 30 countries. Check out the albums at www.bigbookofbuildings.photography
I've also used just my phone (Google Pixel ftw) to take beautiful photos of buildings, bridges, and structures while commuting, running errands, and traveling to 30 countries. Check out the albums at www.bigbookofbuildings.photography
Recent projects
About me
You'll notice that I have a lot of different interests and passions.
Some of it has happened intentionally.
A lot of it was by chance.
But I hope the unifying thread is clear: I like to create beautiful and functional new things, fix frustrating or broken things, and embrace the nerd life.
Some of it has happened intentionally.
A lot of it was by chance.
But I hope the unifying thread is clear: I like to create beautiful and functional new things, fix frustrating or broken things, and embrace the nerd life.
Experience
Adobe
Staff Designer, Emerging Design
2024 - now
Adobe
Design Manager 2, Growth
Creative Cloud, Adobe.com,
and Adobe Express
Creative Cloud, Adobe.com,
and Adobe Express
2019 - 2024
Target
Sr Visual & UI Designer
New Ventures & Accelerators
New Ventures & Accelerators
2016 - 2019
Boston Valley Terra Cotta
Drafting and Computation
2015 - 2016
Education
UC San Diego
MSc in Structural & Earthquake Engineering
emphasis in structural health monitoring
emphasis in structural health monitoring
2022 - now
University at Buffalo
Master of Architecture
emphasis in computational design
emphasis in computational design
2010 - 2014
Webster University + LMU München
Pre-Architecture, Linguistics (German)
with International Distinction and Departmental Honors
with International Distinction and Departmental Honors
2007 - 2010
Projects or questions?
Let's do the thing.
Email me at
brijhette dot farmer at gmail dot com