DSVC Speaker Series: Kelli Anderson

CONCEPTUAL ART • PAPER ENGINEERING • RISOGRAPH ANIMATION

Kelli Anderson uses design magic to connect people with the depth and possibility of their world. She created (MoMA)—which transforms into a working camera—and (Chronicle)—which houses paper devices (including a planetarium) and has sold more than 100,000 copies. , an interactive book about typography and technology was published to wide acclaim in the Fall of 2025.

Other projects include a viral paper record player and—with The Yes Men—a utopian counterfeited New York Times, which won the Ars Electronica Prix. Doctors without Borders have used the award-winning Tinybop Human Body app she created to communicate illness and treatment nonverbally to their patients in remote areas.

Clients include NPR, the New Yorker, the Guggenheim, MoMA, Apple, and the New York Times. She has been nominated for the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Award twice and teaches at NYU and Cooper Union.

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Info: In this smaller format Speaker Series, Kelli shares the philosophies and ideas that go into creating her intricate work, highlighting how those beliefs show who you are and craft the world around you.

Info: Kelli will answer questions from the audience and sign her books. There will be a limited quantity of books available at the event, so plan ahead or purchase your own copy at her website.

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Aloft Dallas Downtown, 1033 Young Street, Dallas, United States

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