Tiny Little Cosmos

A strategic design & storytelling studio

About

Tiny Little Cosmos is Deepthi Welaratna, a veteran designer and strategist who supports humans through thoughtful, intentional design and storytelling services. I help clients move from concept to reality and love the results. I speak ☀, ♥, and ➤ fluently.

Work

Disparition Case Study
Mustard & Miel Case Study
Vesi Case Study
YWCA Southeast Wisconsin Case Study

News

  • READ: Minnesota's first general statewide strike in nearly 100 years planned for January 23, 2026 in response to ongoing ICE attacks.

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  • Two men sitting at a table engaged in an informational interview, smiling, in a modern indoor office.

    READ: "Why Informational Interviews Can Open More Doors Than Applications" is now live on the HERC Jobs blog.

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  • Street scene with pedestrians under an overpass, with a poster of Nelson Mandela dressed in a suit with one arm raised.

    READ and WATCH: TLC releases a short overview of the new federal policies encouraging White Supremacist immigration to the South.

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  • AIGA logo

    WATCH: TLC founder Deepthi Welaratna joined an AIGA-hosted conversation on combatting disinformation in GOTV efforts.

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  • READ: "Micro-Credentials & Certifications Can Power Your Career" is now live on the HERC Jobs blog.

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  • Empty auditorium with rows of wooden chairs facing a large screen on a stage.

    READ: TLC's blog features a new piece on the importance of saving higher education and how university leaders should move forward.

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  • The five stars of the YouTube web series Hyperlinked standing against a gray backdrop, posing confidently. They are dressed in casual, colorful clothing.

    READ: TLC founder quoted in USA Today about commissioned audience impact study on how media influences career interests and choices.

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  • Visual accompanying article "How Youth Community Groups Change Kids’ Lives, Visualized"

    READ: TLC founder quoted in Fast Company about original research study on how after-school programs influence students' emotional wellbeing.

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Why

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Testimonials

  • Portrait of Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, PhD—healthcare startup founder and former client—who brought Deepthi on to lead a collaborative innovation program.

    "Deepthi is an accomplished business leader who demonstrates integrity, capability, and determination to do quality work in every situation. I would hire her again in a heartbeat."

    Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, HyperVigilant

  • Meegan Denanberg is the Founder and Chief Strategist of JEME Agency.

    "The needs for our exhibit on redlining ‘A Dream Deferred’ were fairly complex. Deepthi was refreshingly innovative and approached our initiative with the necessary nuance and empathy to craft solutions specific to our needs."

    Meegan Denenberg, JEME Agency

  • Tatiana Zwerling is a Senior Security Assurance Lead at Datavant

    "A great team-player who is simultaneously able to take a decisive leadership position with grace, Deepthi has my highest recommendation."

    Tatiana Zwerling, Datavant

  • Gina Rembe is a Project Lead at ProjectTogether

    "Your openness to working on this with us across continents, oceans and time zones has been great. Your incessant drive to improving the output to the best it can be has been amazing."

    Gina Rembe, ProjectTogether

  • Mark Taylor is a San Francisco-based writer, professor, and visual artist.

    "Love Deepthi. She's a really wonderful writer who has on more than one occasion turned me on to interesting cultural information that I would have otherwise been oblivious to. She's fun to work with, creative and has great style and energy."

    Mark Taylor, Imaginary Lamp Empire

  • Kim Edwards, Staff Analyst at Life360

    "Working with Deepthi was a wonderful experience! She was able to efficiently and effectively manage market research projects with ease. She is a creative thinker and could quickly come up with great solutions to complex problems."

    Kim Edwards, Life360

  • Kimberly Schwede is a Senior Visual Designer with expertise in branding, graphic design, and cross-functional collaboration.

    "Deepthi was wonderful to work with and gave excellent direction. Her creativity and strong work ethic made it a joy to work with her. She is flexible, reliable, and full of great ideas. I hope to work with her again."

    Kimberly Schwede, Graphic Designer and Illustrator

  • Michael Funk is Director of the Expanded Learning Division of the California Department of Education

    "Deepthi was a pleasure to work with. Very personable, very sharp and very productive! I would recommend her highly!"

    Michael Funk, California Department of Education

  • Laurie Kappe, founder and principal of San Francisco Bay Area-based i.e. communications.

    "Deepthi brings value to every project she touches. Excellent researcher and thoughtful writer. I highly recommend her."

    Laurie Kappe, i.e. communications