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Sofia Zakia’s “Heavenly Magic” Ring

October 15, 2021 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

“Carved with the last line out of Dante’s Divine Comedy, ‘By the Love that moves the sun and the other stars.’ This sweet little eternity band is engraved and oxidized which adds a sentimental vintage feel.”    —Local Eclectic

14K solid gold ring by jeweller Sofia Zakia sold on Local Eclectic.

Categories: Consumer Goods
Tagged with: Design, Gold, Jewelry, Love, Love that Moves the Sun and Other Stars, Rings

A Divina Comedia, O Filme (Brazilian Movie 2020)

February 18, 2021 By Laura Chatellier, FSU '23

“Based on the work of Dante Alighieri. The Titan Studio company in partnership with the theatre team Trupe Alcateia will give life to this incredible play that for centuries is investigating the curiosity of people all around the globe. The project consists of filming with chroma keys so CGI scenarios can be built and applied onto the background allowing more freedom with the creation and keeping the originality of the play. The performances will all be theatrical and with scripts adapted to the cinematic customs and updated language, besides having a slight ‘Shakespearian’ touch in order to maintain the romanticism of the work.” [. . .]    —ARTSTATION

The movie poster above features the film’s interpretation of Ciacco in Inferno 6. To learn more visit the Facebook page here.

Categories: Digital Media, Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2020, Brazil, Design, Films, Hell, Inferno, Portuguese

Seventh Circle Hot Sauces

January 20, 2021 By Laura Chatellier, FSU '23

seventh-circle-hot-sauce-2019“Seventh Circle is a boutique hot sauce brand focused on unique flavor combinations, natural ingredients, and small batch production. The name is derived from Dante’s Inferno. In this story, the seventh circle of hell is reserved for those who have committed violence. Hot sauce fiends could be seen as committing violence upon themselves. Through texture, color, and imagery I wanted to create a cohesive brand that represents it’s namesake and would be attractive to hot sauce aficionados. The first step in creating the brand was constructing a logo. The logo is the vehicle that drives a brand, and is part of all touch points. In exploring the logo, I wanted to create a mark that was easily recognizable and conveyed the brand’s messaging in a simple but clever way. The phrase ‘You reap what you sow’ stuck out in my mind, as the seventh circle of hell is for those who have committed violence, and in this case on themselves. I went with the scythe, and illustrated it to be in the shape of the number seven.” [. . .]    —Jake Neece Design and Illustrations, 2019.

Categories: Consumer Goods, Dining & Leisure
Tagged with: 2019, Circles of Hell, Design, Food, Hell, Hot Sauce, Inferno, Seventh Circle, Violence

Florencia Gutman’s Artwork for Purgatorio 33

September 6, 2019 By Alexa Kellenberger FSU '22

Florencia Gutman is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her work has been published in a number of outlets, such as La Nación newspaper, Adn Cultura, and Anfibia digital magazine, among numerous others. As part of the #Dante2018 social media movement, Gutman created the above illustration for Purgatorio 33.

To check out more of Gutman’s stunning work, you can follow her on Facebook, Behance, and you can visit her website.

See other posts related to #Dante2018 here.

Contributed by Pablo Maurette (Florida State University)

Categories: Image Mosaic, Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: #Dante2018, 2018, Argentina, Art, Artists, Buenos Aires, Design, Illustration, Purgatorio

Infernal Topography: Alpaca’s Illustrated and Interactive INFERNO

January 19, 2019 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

“The illustrated and interactive Dante’s Inferno, an alternative learning tool for the Divine Comedy first Cantica, made for aiding visual memory. [. . .]

“The work is based on the anthology ‘Testi e scenari’ – Volume 1 (Panebianco, Pisoni, Reggiani, Malpensa), published by Zanichelli in 2009, and it has been developed by Alpaca together with the Molotro design studio. [. . .]

“The project won the Grand Prix and Gold prize for Didactics at IIID Awards 2017, by the International Institute of Information Design.” [. . .]    —Alpaca Società Cooperativa, 2017

The project was also created with the support of Società Dante Alighieri.

Check out the site here to experience the interactive abilities and full scope of Inferno, Illustrated.

You can check out more of Alpaca’s design projects here, and you can check out more from Molotro here.

Categories: Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2017, Design, Illustrations, Inferno

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