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Architecture Firm HofmanDujardin Designed A New Kind Of Funeral Home

The funeral center is a welcomed deviation from your typical funeral space

Sometimes it takes a bit of personal loss for an urge to create to become a need. Michiel Hofman and Barbara Dujardin, founding partners of the Dutch architectural firm HofmanDujardin, used the death of a close friend as inspiration when … Continue reading

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“Moment” by Honorata Martin

Polish artist tries to recreate the experience of death

Honorata Martin thinks outside the box. She also thinks outside the body. She is a painter, performer and visual artist on a quest to record what the experience of death feels like. The picture above is titled, “Moment,” and is … Continue reading

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Toyo Ito’s Meiso No Mori Funeral Hall

Japanese architect Toyo Ito's beautiful crematorium provides a place for quiet reflection

Japanese architect Toyo Ito, known for his conceptual architecture, designed the Meiso No Mori (Forest of Meditation) Crematorium in a garden cemetery in Kakamigahara, a town with a population of 150,000 in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Completed in 2006, Meiso … Continue reading

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Grief and “Rising Cairn” by Celeste Roberge

The artist's sculptures can exemplify the weight of grief

Everyone experiences grief in profoundly different ways. Art can assist people during these difficult times. The “Rising Cairn” sculptures by Celeste Roberge exemplify the feelings many people experience during those periods of grief. Roberge has installed “Rising Cairn” in multiple … Continue reading

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The Breathtaking Simple Beauty of Iqaluit Municipal Cemetery

An Arctic burial ground wins awards for its simple but stunning visual design

Glittering snow. Skies of piercing blue. Vistas of frozen tundra. A breathtaking cemetery rising above the fragile permafrost. While it may not be what you expected, this is what you’ll see at the Iqaluit Municipal Cemetery in the Nunavut region … Continue reading

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Jennifer Rodgers Created Artistic Maps As She Walked Through Her Grief

In the wake of her father's death, the artist began creating artistic maps

In 2014, artist and high school art teacher Jennifer Rodgers began creating artistic maps after losing her father to sepsis. Sepsis is a condition caused by the body’s response to infection, resulting in inflammation that can lead to tissue damage … Continue reading

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