Tag Archives: Coffin

No Longer the Last Nail in the Coffin: A Design Duo Wants to Zip You Up Instead

Visser & Meijwaard make fun, funky coffins for bold personalities

Many people dread the idea of being locked inside a coffin and buried. But thanks to a Dutch design team’s innovative new zip-up coffins, that idea may be a lot less terrifying now. Design duo Steven Visser and Vera Meijwaard wanted … Continue reading

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Mortality in Your Hands: “The Pocket Size Tlingit Coffin” by Gérard Titus-Carmel

What if you could carry your mortality in your pocket? Gérard Titus-Carmel's powerful reflection on life and death

It took Gérard Titus-Carmel (1942-present) over a year to finish his work, The Pocket Size Tlingit Coffin. Completed in July of 1976, Coffin is made up of 127 drawings (and one physical model) of various sizes and techniques of the … Continue reading

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Coffin or Batmobile? The Work of Gregor Haiduk

Haiduk's controversial coffins raise a pertinent question: are there unspoken rules on how we ought to be buried?

“To me, for example, a coffin is more than just a container fulfilling certain standards,” says Polish-born designer Gregor Haiduk. Haiduk has long been designing coffins that challenge our conception of what a traditional coffin ought to be; his visions … Continue reading

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Project Womb

What happens when you mix philosophy, technology and end of life? You get Project Womb, a "media-driven time capsule" and contemporary casket

“After birth, the second biggest event in life is death. And, yet, across cultures, our relationship with it seems based on avoidance and denial. We asked ourselves, ‘why isn’t death treated as naturally and gracefully as birth?’” These were the … Continue reading

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Ghana’s Fantasy Coffins

Whimsical coffins offer a personalized resting place for Ghanaians

Funerals in Ghana are beloved for their celebratory air. “People will be saying things like, ‘Oh, Honey, no need to cook tonight, let’s go to the funeral,’ says one Ghanaian man, “[they’re] better than a party — you get to … Continue reading

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Crazy Coffins: An Innovative Approach to End-Of-Life Receptacles

A British coffin company exhibits their unique creations

In the Western hemisphere, the funereal aesthetic is somber, heavy — even a bit austere. Death is often a taboo subject, where people are loath to discuss end-of-life arrangements prior to the fact. Levity and celebration are not considered a … Continue reading

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