Designing to Challenge Reality — A Conceptual Toolkit

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Design is a tool to challenge reality. In design, it doesn’t matter what you, or anyone else, thinks is possible — it’s what you can make possible in the moment that counts. Join designer Kelli Anderson to discover how our unconscious biases can prevent us from seeing the potential hiding in plain sight in a world of limitless wonder and possibility. Even the most ubiquitous, low-tech materials can reveal new, amazing facets of our reality. We must simply be willing to “misuse” them.

As Kelli presents concepts and inspiration to push the boundaries of your work and your world, you’ll learn how to:

Recognize your own hidden biases and preconceived notions, so you can more clearly see possibilities others might miss
Tunnel into a topic, a generative question, a material, or a project
Find creative opportunity in the “misuse” of tools and technology

Technical Level: General Audience

Type: Keynote

Category: Inspiration

Track: Illustration and Digital Painting, Graphic Design

Audience: Art/Creative Director, Graphic Designer, Motion Graphics/Visual Effects Artist, Photographer, Print Designer, Web Designer, Illustrator

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kelli anderson

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https://kellianderson.com/books/links/

Kelli Anderson is an artist, designer, animator, and tinkerer who pushes the limits of ordinary materials by seeking out possibilities hidden in plain view. Her books and projects have included a pop-up paper planetarium, a book that transforms into a pinhole camera, and a working paper record. Intentionally lo-fi, she believes that humble materials can make the complexity and magic of our world accessible. A long-time collaborator with the activist group, the Yes Men, together they created and distributed a meticulously counterfeited copy of the New York Times —filled only with only good news from a Utopian future— for which they won an Ars Electronica Prix Award of Distinction.

She is also known for her design, animation, and illustration work for NPR, The New Yorker, Wired, MoMA, Pentagram, Tinybop’s award-winning Human Body app, the Exploratorium, and the real New York Times, as well as her redesign of NYC brands such as Russ & Daughters and Momofuku. She occasionally teaches at the School for Poetic Computation and the New School in NYC.