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Kelli Anderson is an artist, designer, and tinkerer who pushes the limits of ordinary materials and formats by seeking out hidden possibility in the physical and digital world

Career
Anderson is well known for her infographics, amongst other items. Her style of work, while illustrative and informative, is largely experimental. She is experiments with new means of making images and experiences. She draws, photographs, cuts, prints, codes, and creates a variety of designed things for herself and others. She works to create experiences with the mediums presented to her, however does not limit herself to conventional paper and pencil, instead using tools such as paper memory, the concept of paper being able to retain its form as well as sequence in which it has been changed after it has been folded.

As a "tinkerer", Kelli Anderson works to explore the experiences of everyday life. She believes that the brain is heavily influenced by small visuals that have authority on everyday actions and experiences. Anderson explains that people arrive at experiences with expectations. Her goal however is to create what she calls "disruptive wonder", in which she disrupts people's expectations. She often expresses her belief that the world is full of order that does not always deserve the respect of its citizens in order to encourage creativity.

An example of the "disruptive wonder" she created is Anderson's most well known creation, the fully functional paper record player. The paper record player was created as a new design for a wedding invitation. The way that this works is with a folded page that has a needle attatched. As the needle runs through the grooves of the record, the friction emits vibrations which carry throughout the paper which emits sound.  The success of the result of the record player was noticed by numerous media outlets such as Wired Magazine, Slashdot and NPR. Anderson recalled the design and idea of paper as a record player from a childhood TV show, Mr.Wizard's World. This TV show explored the science of everyday life. This memory and its lessons thus demonstrate how Anderson does not limit herself in her work or her work processes.

Works
Apart from creating the functional paper record player, Anderson also participates in large teams, including The Yes Men, to distribute intricate copies of the New York Times, in which the only information displayed was that of a Utopian world. She created all of the advertisements within this newspaper, advertisements seen on a regular basis by New Yorkers. Her works have resulted in her receiving the Ars Electronica Prix Award of Distinction.

App
Collaborating with Tinybob, Anderson creates illustrations for The Human Body, an app that teaches children about the human body and it's functions. For this app, Anderson submitted 200 illustrations of bones, veins, nerves, teeth, guts and chewed up food, all made from paper. She uses a concept of physical layering, involving papers stacked on top of each other in order to create illustrations that jump out at viewers. This app allows close inspection of the human organs as well as a learning experience as to how they work. Anderson worked on the icons as well as the user interface for this project.