I am a material-driven designer with a background in textiles and focus on biogenic materials and building assembly/disassembly systems. I also weave as ladypope (sharing the name with my high school sports team). My favorite building right now is Lina Bo Bardi’s SESC Pompéia, especially the hybrid library-childcare space embedded in one of the original factory bays.
I have worked with Yale’s Center for Ecosystems + Architecture, Aronsons Floor Covering, Forms+Surfaces, and independently as a studio artist. In 2026 I received the Yale School of Architecture George Nelson Award supporting field research in São Paulo.
Born in Milwaukee, based in New Haven – Brigid Elrod (Rau)
YSoA 2027 . RISD Textiles 2013
