
My work is infinitely interdisciplinary and organized around the idea of “feeling into” the experience of others - in all their contradictions and multitudes - to create opportunities for foundational shifts in perspectives and worldviews.
I have a knack for unearthing the emotionally compelling content beats buried within complex ideas and then transforming those beats into story-based, audience-centered experiences that resonate. I ask first what matters to the audience, and then I develop an emotionally transformative experience that embeds the breadth and beauty of the human experience while centering accessibility and inclusion.
I’ve been fortunate to work with diverse people and groups operating at the forefront of emotion and experience, including The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, Inclusive Insight Psychotherapy and Consulting, Ogilvy, Evidence Design, The Hettema Group, Odyssey Works, and many other luminary creative minds.
Prior to my work as an experience designer, I still explored the transitional moment but did so by researching pattern formation in biological systems at the University of Chicago where I earned my Ph.D. in 2017.
Kristen Witte, they/them/theirs
I’m a creative strategist, content developer, and experience & exhibit developer based in Chicago. I believe the best stories are not just told but embodied—woven into the spaces we move through, the objects we engage with, and the emotions they evoke.
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witte.kristen@gmail.com