AOTY Nominee: Elettra Deganello (PassioneTeam)

[Don Boyer]

Elettra Deganello is a frequent collaborator with Riccardo Conturbia of PassioneTeam.  This year, she's received her first nomination as Artist of the Year (with Giordano Loddo) based on her work on Florentia, a series based on "beauty, art and the city of Florence."

In a similar vein to some previous PassioneTeam releases, this project comes as two decks (Antica and Nova) and a special book-style, limited-edition boxed set of the two decks (Aeterna).  Unlike the previous releases, however, this one has a third deck: a more simply-designed Player's Edition, meant to allow the collectors in us to have the perfect boxed set, while at the same time the players in us still have a pack they can open and play with!  The deck's courts are based on the standard Passione courts and were designed by Loddo.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/passione/florentia-playing-cards?ref=discovery&term=florentia

[Don Boyer]

Hello, members of 52 Plus Joker,

I wanted to inform you that I received a message forwarded to me by Lee Asher from the artist, Elettra Deganello.  She mentioned that Mr. Loddo's contribution to her project was a minor one, and thus we've agreed to remove his name from the nomination.  I apologize for this bit of misinformation - it came out of a mention of Mr. Loddo on the Kickstarter project page, which I'll quote for you below:

The courts have been designed by Giordano Loddo and are a variation of the "standard" Passione Playing Cart courts, of course adapted to match the theme and the style.

I think it would be reasonable to make such a mistake based on this information, but regardless, I do apologize to Ms. Deganello and only want to give credit where it's due.  Her work with PassioneTeam is incredibly beautiful, I must admit - I remember last year just how much my wife was admiring the Vivaldi project, which if I recall correctly was a nominee for Deck of the Year 2020.

I've invited Ms. Deganello to come by the topic and discuss her work - I hope she takes advantage of the invitation.

Meanwhile, I've made a late change in the ballot to reflect this new information.  If you already voted and this change would in some way affect your vote, please contact me immediately so I can make any necessary adjustments.