Paradise

This brief: I was asked for a new way to interpret the final Canto in Dante’s book, Paradiso, from the Divine Comedy series. The aim was to appeal to a new audience using any method of communication that would suit the text and my chosen concept. Paradiso details Dante’s journey through Heaven and the series of spheres that he traverses to meet God. Throughout Paradiso, especially within the 33rd Canto, Dante uses the imagery of light repeatedly as a metaphor for Heaven and uses the brightest light as a representation of when he meets God Himself. Light and dark(shadow) has been used frequently throughout history to represent heaven and hell; good and bad. This design is based around the idea of using light and shadow to read the text from the 33rd Canto in Paradiso. The lampshade is attached to a ceiling fitting or light stand and, once the light is switched on, the text is projected onto the nearby walls surrounding the consumer with the Canto thereby transporting the reader into the representation of Paradise. The lampshades come flat-packed with an accompanying instruction booklet detailing how to put it together.