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Damned Elagabalus Identity,  | International Design Awards Winners
Damned Elagabalus Identity,  | International Design Awards Winners
Damned Elagabalus Identity,  | International Design Awards Winners
Damned Elagabalus Identity,  | International Design Awards Winners
Damned Elagabalus Identity,  | International Design Awards Winners
Damned Elagabalus Identity,  | International Design Awards Winners
Damned Elagabalus Identity,  | International Design Awards Winners
Damned Elagabalus Identity,  | International Design Awards Winners
Damned Elagabalus Identity,  | International Design Awards Winners
Damned Elagabalus Identity,  | International Design Awards Winners

Damned Elagabalus Identity

UniversityIowa State University
Lead DesignersCabria Olsen
Design TeamGrace Polzin, Sydney New, and Jaida Christensen
CreditsIowa State University: Quam, Evans & Ford
Prize(s)Honorable Mention
Entry Description

This dynamic identity (alternating between the asterisks and the A in digital presentations) sets the tone for an exhibition in Rome’s famed Trajan Market Museum. This exhibit, titled 'Damned Elagablus' tells the tortured tale of one of Rome’s youngest and most misunderstood emperors. This vibrant and energetic mark establishes the mood for the exhibition’s unfolding story of an emperor who was said to have ‘abandoned himself to the grossest pleasures with ungoverned fury.’ Dynamic use of form and color set the tone for a historic expose of this deviant Roman emperor.