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Tag Archives: Designboom
As Time Goes By: Chinese Designers Zijina Li and Xueping Chen’s “43 Minutes With Grandma”
Designboom’s Design for Death competition features an interactive urn for cremated remains.
Chinese designers Zijina li and Xueping Chen want to redesign the way we look at urns and cremated remains. Their design, “43 Minutes With Grandma,” was featured by Designboom’s Design for Death competition last April and makes urns much more … Continue reading
Life & Death Silhouetted: Designboom’s “Portrait Urn”
How Dutch designer Nadia Gonegaï fuses art and end of life
There’s an unforgettable message in the cremation urn of Dutch designer Nadia Gonegaï. Art can bring vitality to everything, including end of life. The designer’s “Portrait Urn” was featured by Designboom’s Design for Death competition (of which SevenPonds has been … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Cremation, Death, Design, Design for Death, Designboom, Dutch, end-of-life, Life, Urn
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An Urn for Cremation Burials in Water
Agnes Hegedus designs an urn around an ancient -- yet eco-friendly -- tradition
We at SevenPonds have been bookmarking many of Designboom’s “Design for Death” inventions. The competition featured 2,050 designers from nearly 100 countries, each with unique designs for coffins and cremation vessels. Hungary’s Agnes Hegedus was a standout in the “Wrapping … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Burial, Cremation, Designboom, Eco-Friendly, Green Burial, Urn
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“Family Tree” Design Integrates SMS Technology with Urns
Designboom winners Loucas Papntoniou and Asta Sadauskaite digitilize death with their new take on the family tree
SevenPonds recently highlighted the “Design for Death” competition by Designboom, which featured many innovative end-of-life creations — winners ranged from a biodegradable coffin to a device by Studio PSK that can “turn a loved one into rain” after their passing. … Continue reading