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Voglio Una Mela Blu (V1MB) , Sybille Tezzele Kramer

Mischiamiti (Series)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

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Title of the work

Mischiamiti (Series)

Country of the First Edition

Country/countries of popularity

Worldwide

Original Language

Italian

First Edition Date

2016

First Edition Details

Kramer, Sybille T.; Voglio Una Mela Blu; Mischiamiti. (printing materials) sybilletezzelekramerartblog.wordpress.com, vogliounamelablu.it; 2016.

First Release Dates:

  • “Mischiamiti. Il libro – gioco mitologico” (book-game). December 3, 2016.

  • “Raccolta di filastrocche per Mischiamiti – il libro-gioco mitologico” (collection of nursery rhymes). December 5, 2016.

  • “Le carte dei Mostri Mitologici” (mythological monsters cards). December 8, 2016.

Official Website

Blog “Voglio Una Mela Blu” (accessed: August 20, 2018);

my art diary 2-Sybille’s Art Blog” (accessed: August 20, 2018.

Available Onllne

All parts of “Mischiamiti” project are available online and they can be download for free.

PDF files with printing materials from the “Mischiamiti” series (files with Creative Commons (CC) license, accessed: August 20, 2018):

Genre

Humor
Instructional and educational works
Myths
Nursery rhymes
Picture puzzles
Puzzles and games

Target Audience

Crossover (All ages)

Cover

Missing cover

We are still trying to obtain permission for posting the original cover.


Author of the Entry:

Dorota Bazylczyk, University of Warsaw, dorota.bazylczyk@student.uw.edu.pl

Peer-reviewer of the Entry:

Elżbieta Olechowska, University of Warsaw, elzbieta.olechowska@gmail.com 

Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, mauril68@gmail.com

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Title of the work

Mischiamiti (Series)

Country of the First Edition

Country/countries of popularity

Worldwide

Original Language

Italian

First Edition Date

2016

First Edition Details

Kramer, Sybille T.; Voglio Una Mela Blu; Mischiamiti. (printing materials) sybilletezzelekramerartblog.wordpress.com, vogliounamelablu.it; 2016.

First Release Dates:

  • “Mischiamiti. Il libro – gioco mitologico” (book-game). December 3, 2016.

  • “Raccolta di filastrocche per Mischiamiti – il libro-gioco mitologico” (collection of nursery rhymes). December 5, 2016.

  • “Le carte dei Mostri Mitologici” (mythological monsters cards). December 8, 2016.

Official Website

Blog “Voglio Una Mela Blu” (accessed: August 20, 2018);

my art diary 2-Sybille’s Art Blog” (accessed: August 20, 2018.

Available Onllne

All parts of “Mischiamiti” project are available online and they can be download for free.

PDF files with printing materials from the “Mischiamiti” series (files with Creative Commons (CC) license, accessed: August 20, 2018):

Genre

Humor
Instructional and educational works
Myths
Nursery rhymes
Picture puzzles
Puzzles and games

Target Audience

Crossover (All ages)

Cover

Missing cover

We are still trying to obtain permission for posting the original cover.


Author of the Entry:

Dorota Bazylczyk, University of Warsaw, dorota.bazylczyk@student.uw.edu.pl

Peer-reviewer of the Entry:

Elżbieta Olechowska, University of Warsaw, elzbieta.olechowska@gmail.com 

Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, mauril68@gmail.com

Avatar, courtesy of V1MB – son of the blogger first drew the blue apple and then he gave it to her to create the blog icon (Information sent by V1MB).

Voglio Una Mela Blu (V1MB) (Artist)

The real name is known to Dorota Bazylczyk (University of Warsaw) but V1MB prefers to remain anonymous.

“Ever since 1975, when she was a small girl, Vogliounamelablue looks at the world through her blue eyes; from 1975. And not much later, she realizes what interests her the most: people and their stories. And so, starting with a classical education, she attempts later to weave this thing into a profession that allows her to combine it also with a family – psychiatry. Today, thanks to Heaven, she has a job, a husband, and two kids. In her home studio she has a six-door wardrobe filled not with clothes but with paints, brushes, decorated cards, old rags, ribbons, scissors, glue, solvents and, in short, her blue apple.*"

The blog's title was based on the title of the book Voglio una mela blu, written by Ibi Lepscky, illustrated by Luciana Roselli, published in 1973 by Einaudi (volume 24 in the TANTIBAMBINI series, a collection directed by Bruno Munari). Vogliounamelablu explains that the book was “not her favourite volume of TANTIBAMBINI but, in a sense, an inspiration.**”


* Biography sent by V1MB.

** The official biography of V1MBl (accessed: July 6, 2018).


Sources:

Biography sent by V1MB.

Facebook fanpage (accessed: July 6, 2018).



Bio prepared by Dorota Bazylczyk, University of Warsaw, dorota.bazylczyk@student.uw.edu.pl 


Avatar, courtesy of Sybille Tezzele Kramer. She designed the avatar on her own (Information sent by Sybille T. Kramer).

Sybille Tezzele Kramer

“Since early childhood, I liked to draw, fantasize, imagine, invent and tell stories using both, words and images. After few years of work as an employee at the office of municipal taxes, I was able again to put these skills at the center of my days bringing up my two sons (*1996, *1999) and accompanying them on their path of learning by homeschooling them. After this beautiful experience I decided to focus on work that would provide me with the opportunity to continue on this path. Today, I work as a freelance professional designing, illustrating, creating, telling stories and teaching.*"


* Biography sent by Sybille Tezzele Kramer.


Source:

Official website (accessed: June 28, 2018).

Materials kindly provided by Sybille Tezzele Kramer



Bio prepared by Dorota Bazylczyk, University of Warsaw, dorota.bazylczyk@student.uw.edu.pl


Summary

“Mischiamiti” (series):

  • “Mischiamiti. Il libro-gioco mitologico” (book-game), 
  • “Raccolta di filastrocche” per “Mischiamiti – il libro-gioco mitologico” (collection of nursery rhymes), 
  • “Le carte dei Mostri Mitologici” dal progetto a tema mitologico “Mischiamiti” (mythological monsters cards).

“Mischiamiti” series contains interactive printing materials (such as “mix and match” game and cards) and nursery rhymes (“filastrocche”) for children, dedicated to selected mythological creatures and hybrids. The whole series was invented and realized by two Italian bloggers and it became a participatory project, as the authors used in the materials nursery rhymes written by their readers for this specific occasion*. The idea of creating “Mischiamiti” was based primarily on a joint creation of “play and learn” material for kids, which can become both fun and learning for them. 

All parts of the “Mischiamiti” project are placed by the authors on their blog sites - everyone can download them and print them for free. On the authors’ websites the readers can afind the instructions on how to print and fold all the interactive games. The “Michiamiti” series can be directed at both children and adults. Most of the illustrations placed in the materials are black and white, mainly to encourage children to color them on their own (what seems very important for the youngest ones, who can’t read or cut yet). The whole set is very original and it can be a great introduction to the world of Greek and Roman mythology.


* Read more here (accessed: August 20, 2018).

Analysis

The “Mischiamiti” project is devoted to mythological creatures and hybrids. The project is an interesting example of the reception of antiquity mainly in terms of its modern form. The printable format of “Mischiamiti” parts, encourage young people to spend more time with the mythical contents – to print, cut, fold and colour all the paper materials on their own. The combination of modern illustrations (where we see for example a hippogriff on a skateboard), mixed with short Italian nursery rhymes (“filastrocche”) makes the project both international as well as continuing Italian traditions. The form of easy access online makes the project approachable for people living all over the world and attractive for people at every age (the only obstacle here may be the lack of the English translations*). “Mischiamiti” series can interest not only children, who want to play with mythical monsters, but also adults, who want to introduce their children to the world of Greek and Roman mythology using fun.


* There are no editions in other languages yet but the authors encourage all the volunteers to prepare translations of the “Mischiamiti” project into other languages.


Further Reading

Voglio Una Mela Blu’s Facebook Fanpage (accessed: August 20, 2018).

Sybille Tezzele Kramer’s website (coming soon).

Addenda


ll graphics were designed by the Authors. Courtesy of the Authors.

Copyrights

All the materials made by Voglio Una Mela Blu and Sybille Tezzele Kramer are covered with the Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA) license [Attribution- NonCommercial- ShareAlike].

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