Kelsey Keith

Design person with an editorial sensibility and a creative practice.

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Creative direction

2025-present: Vice president and creative director for MillerKnoll, which entails enterprise-level brand and creative oversight of the global design company.

Foundation and curation of global exhibitions program
Oversight of of MillerKnoll Archives, including content strategy
Brand partnerships with Triennale Design Museum, Phaidon, Young Climate Prize, Museum of Art & Design, and others

2021-2025: Brand creative director at Herman Miller, the 100-year-old Michigan-based furniture manufacturer with a robust archive and history of designer collaborations. 

Product collaboration with Heath Ceramics
New Mexico Collection product in partnership with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Seasonal creative direction and retail location shoots
Ideas magazine launch
New York and London showroom openings + Chicago showroom seating experience concept
Brand identity redesign
Herman Miller Vintage in partnership with Wright Auctions
“Herman Miller 100” brand campaign
Eames Steinberg chair special-edition drop
Graphics exhibition during Milan Design Week
Herman Miller x HAY Collection launch
Ray Wilkes ‘Chiclet’ reissue

Herman Miller + Heath Gathered Collection; still life photos by Graydon Herriott / New Mexico Collection, shot on location at the Georgia O’Keeffe House by Mariko Reed / Fall/winter 2025 campaign; photos by Kelly Marshall / Office-focused shoot in Villa Borsani, Milan; photo by Laure Joliet / Ideas magazine / New York City showroom; photo by Jason Schmidt / Brand identity designed by Order / Herman Miller Vintage launched with Wright in LA / Ad in the New Yorker for Herman Miller’s 100th anniversary, design by Kelly O’Hara / Herman Miller graphics exhibition for Milan Design Week / Steinberg chair launch in New York / Herman Miller x HAY Collection / New and vintage ads for Wilkes Modular Sofa Group