Dublin School of Creative Arts

This year’s exhibition is different. As graduates, we have had to adapt to new and challenging circumstances. Moving to an online environment, we had to think of alternate ways to make our Graduate Exhibition come to life. In its translation into a digital space, the very real and tactile nature of the work we produce is obscured. In our daily lives, there is a sense of human and material touch which is equally obscured. Working from home, graduates are in a new environment. Their creative output extends into their domestic lives as their studies come to a close. It is the parallel between the materiality of our work and the absence of the sense touch that frames this year’s Graduate Exhibition.

This website presents the work of 102 graduating students from the TU Dublin School of Creative Arts, School of Mechanical and Design Engineering and School of Media. The exhibition represents the culmination of years of full-time study and gives our students the opportunity to showcase the results of their imagination, hard work, and creative skills.

Identity by Joana Ferreira, Hugh Kavanagh, Eva Martin, Ben Nagle.

TU Dublin School of Creative Arts
TU Dublin School of Mechanical and Design Engineering
TU Dublin School of Media

Visual Communication

Hannah Scott
Paradiso

In response to the ISTD 2020 ‘Paradiso’ brief, I designed a publication which guides the reader through the final canto of Dante’s Divine Comedy using illustrative typography and accompanying commentary. The project consists of two books; canto 33 and the commentary, which are bound together to create an immersive reading experience. The Divine Comedy makes countless literary, historical, and theological references throughout, and in turn has been a major influence on art and literature since its completion in 1320. The commentary highlights these points, grounding the canto in its cultural context. Illustrative typography emphasises key imagery throughout the piece, and echo Dante’s inability to describe his vision. The canto ends with the final stanza drifting across the page, as Dante’s gaze becomes enveloped by the divine light. Canto 33 could be interpreted as a metaphor for reading classic texts; it is a journey which initially seems difficult, but through perseverance brings enlightenment.

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