✎ Kelsey Elder
type + tech + teaching

is a typographer and educator based in Pittsburgh, PA. When he’s not teaching at Carnegie Mellon University, crafting letters, and/or tinkering on a press, you’ll most likely find him hanging out with his cats.

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① Recent Projects
Variable
teaching

Gravity Racers typeface + tool
Labore VT
typeface

Emmett Till Memory Project
design advisor

Coterie Baby
logotype + monogram

Melting Metal
publication

Second Shift Autowerks
identity

Meager
typeface

Letter Matters
programming

Dead Bird Letterstranscription + setting
Cards for Loved Oneslettering + illustration
Ameri-Candied Dreamssupergraphics





Ameri-Candied Dreams

supergraphics
A series of five automotive vinyl supergraphics exhibited by PLUG Projects in Kansas City, MO for a group show titled, Moderation Is A Memory, with Bev Fre$h and nicole killian.

The series of supergraphics creates an experiential and prosodic reading experience through scale, material, and the fragmentation of language. When closely read, the text unwinds a reflective and instructional narrative; of how one can find escape during the ritual of the daily commute. They are made from hand-layered automotive vinyl and range in scale from 9x15' to 13x15'.