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Tag Archives: Design
A Coffin Design that Facilitates a Family’s Right to Say Goodbye
The Disaster Coffin replaces the body bag and allows families to perform funeral rites
Hungarian designer Adam Miklosi has created a brilliant design that finds the ultimate balance between aesthetics and function. His LR16 Disaster Coffin addresses the need for a mass-production casket that allows for the facilitation of dignified funeral rituals. Traditionally, in … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Burial, Coffin, Death, Design, Family, Funeral, Funeral Rites, Natural burial
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[A]Dressing the Dead: Garments for the Grave
Pia Interlandi Designs Burial Clothing for Stages of Transformation
Pia Interlandi is a fashion designer, artist, funeral celebrant, and teacher based in Melbourne, Australia. She often incorporates ideas of death, ritual, and transformation into her unique designs, and has even designed clothing for burial, informed by a fascination with human … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Burial, Death, Design, Fashion, Fashion design, Pia Interlandi
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Memorial Jewelry Helps You Stay Connected While You Grieve
Designer Scosha Woolridge Adds this Touching Custom Piece to Her Collection
Scosha Woolridge is a Williamsburg, New York City – based artist, designer, and jeweler. She considers herself to be a “story jeweler”, drawing her primary inspiration from her travels to create jewelry that combines the modern and ancient worlds. She … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Cremation Ashes, Design, Grief, Jewelry, Scosha Woolridge
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Variety in Sustainability
Unique, Eco-friendly Caskets
Oftentimes, when people think of eco-friendly caskets, they picture something like this lovely classic plain, untreated pine box from Living Legacies. But, choosing sustainable disposition doesn’t have to mean lack of variety. Here are a few New Zealand companies producing … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Casket, Design, Eco-Friendly, Natural burial, Sustainability
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A House Awaiting Death
A special assignment for the EASTERN Design office.
On the outskirts of Ise, Japan, the architects of EASTERN Design erected this elevated structure upon a unique request from a client: “I will die in 15 years,” the client told them. “It will be a house awaiting that death. … Continue reading
Revolutionary Designer Dies at 105
Today, we remember the art of Eva Zeisel.
Eva Zeisel was a revolutionary ceramic artist and designer whose eccentric work changed the way Americans experience their homes and lives throughout a century. She died last month in New York City at the incredible age of 105. Ms. Zeisel … Continue reading
Posted in Just Passed
Tagged Art, Death, Design, Eva Zeisel, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
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