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Design Divina Comedia – A Series Of Posters By Alina Kompanets

A visual project inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. In it, the author turns Rams’ ten principles of good design inside out and turns them into ten circles of design hell.

“During my research, I built a system of peculiar sins. For those who can’t see that they’ve been wandering down the same path for years. For those who mindlessly run after trends. For those who draw attention to distract from meaning. For those who steer others down false paths,” – Alina Kompa.

Horas angelicales

Age: 17

Height: 5’9

Nationality: Arabic

Birthday: 18th July 

Family: Mother (Alive) Father (Unknown) Younger siblings (Alive)

Gender: Female (she/her)

Sexuality: Gynosexual 

Ultimate Talent: Hypnotist

Likes: Chocolate, baked goods, spicy food, pride month 

(2) What messages about mental health and illness are displayed through these depictions?

(3) What does this mean to me?/ How does this affect me?

(4) What implications does this have for counselors and psychologists working with individuals with mental health problems?

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(1) Emotions and mental illness are generally seen as a weakness or flaw. Mental illness isn't viewed as a legitimate illness in the way that physical illnesses are.

(2) The general message to me seems that people should just push through any mental health issues. Discussing mental health in the workplace can also make you seem unstable to coworkers, so people are encouraged to keep mental health issues private.

(3) This has made me set an unreasonably high threshold for what I should tolerate in terms of my mental health before seeking help. I also have struggled to take preventative measures like reducing my workload when I notice a negative change in my mental state. Employers and professors are generally not receptive to this and are skeptical of the legitimacy of my mental health needs.

(2) What messages about mental health and illness are displayed through these depictions?

(3) What does this mean to me?/ How does this affect me?

(4) What implications does this have for counselors and psychologists working with individuals with mental health problems?

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(1) I think many times it’s depicted as middle aged moms who “don’t feel up” to doing things they used to, homeless people muttering to themselves or single adults in the city who are functioning but definitely in their own little world

(2) I think it sets pre determined expectations for what mental illness should look like and who is effected by it.

(3) I know I have been prejudice against friends who reported depression in college bc I was in the mindset that we’re all going through crappy schedules and no sleep and they were being dramatic. Currently my fiancé is dealing with anxiety issues that haven’t been dealt with medically. He refuses to go to the dr for a regular check up or look into it further.