Ingrid Fetell Lee is the creator of the blog The Aesthetics of Joy and a designer. The New York Times, Wired, PRI's Studio 360, CBC's Spark, and Fast Company have all recognized her as a design and joy expert, and her 2018 TED presentation garnered a standing ovation. Lee was a founding faculty member in the Products of Design program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and was formerly Design Director at global innovation firm IDEO. She graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor's degree in English and Creative Writing and a Master's degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute.