Speaker Kelli Anderson

Kelli Anderson is a design alchemist blurring the lines between design, publishing, and technology, creating interactive projects such as This Book Is a Camera, which transforms into a working camera; This Book Is a Planetarium, which houses paper devices, including a planetarium; and Alphabet in Motion, her upcoming book about typography. Anderson’s other projects include a viral paper record player and a New York Times parody with The Yes Men. Anderson’s design work features clients like NPR, MoMA, and Apple, while her Tinybop Human Body app fundamentally changed nonverbal medical communication. An educator and artist, Anderson has taught at NYU, Parsons, and Cooper Union, inspiring students to see design as a tool for connection and wonder. Her projects, supported by institutions like the Japan Foundation and Exploratorium, invite us to reimagine the potential of everyday objects.