News Summary

• Kelli Anderson’s forthcoming opus, Alphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their Shape, takes the user on a journey of typefaces from an architectonic perspective.
• In advance of its publication in November, Anderson discusses the mechanics of this essential guide and experimental document.
• Anderson was schooled in art that rejected tight constriction, yet she does work that demands close attention to precision in both content and form.
• Her various “inventions” (including a pop-up book that shows how a camera works and allows the reader/user to actually take photos) are intensely interactive and decidedly playful without being screen-based.