Kelli Anderson’s 'Alphabet in Motion' at Stout Books
Event

Kelli Anderson’s 'Alphabet in Motion' at Stout Books

We are excited to kick off the holiday season with a celebration of Kelli Anderson’s new book Alphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their Shape on December 1st. Through playful paper engineering elements, the book explores the technologies and philosophies that have shaped letterforms throughout history. The book set for release on November 18th.

Guests are invited to come to the store to engage with her, play with a stencil, or observe the artist at work. 
   

December 1, 2025, 2:30 – 6 PM

William Stout Architectural Books
804 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA

Read the Kazam! Article

Kelli Anderson is a design alchemist blurring the lines between design, publishing, and technology, creating interactive projects such as This Book Is a Camera, which transforms into a working camera;This Book Is a Planetarium, which houses paper devices, including a planetarium; andAlphabet in Motion, her upcoming book about typography. Anderson’s other projects include a viral paper record player and a New York Timesparody with The Yes Men. Anderson’s design work features clients like NPR, MoMA, and Apple, while her Tinybop Human Body app fundamentally changed nonverbal medical communication. An educator and artist, Anderson has taught at NYU, Parsons, and Cooper Union, inspiring students to see design as a tool for connection and wonder. Her projects, supported by institutions like the Japan Foundation and the Exploratorium, invite us to reimagine the potential of everyday objects.