Bodybox by Leslie van Berkel

This cardboard casket designed by Leslie van Berkel in 2006 for Li Edelkoort design academy offers a stylish and cost-effective burial option in an eco-friendly design.

Van Berkel, along with her contemporaries, was asked to think of the notion of life and death, and create pieces that reflected various funeral rites and memorial ceremonies. Her casket was designed initially for disaster relief, and is consequently named ‘Emergency Bodybox’. But the simple box is also attractive to those seeking a modern and and sustainable approach to burial.

The pragmatic design of the industrial box is offset by the beautiful touch of these simple cloth coverings, which display basic sayings on life and death.

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