What is the future of deathcare?
How can design shape the future of deathcare?
The new interpretations of the way we deal with death and dying, and
How the use of space influences the way we grieve and remember the dead.
Few months back, there was this competition titled Design for death organised by The LIEN FOUNDATION and ACM FOUNDATION to encourage the creative people internationally and especially tthe design community to re-think and re-imagine deathcare for the future.
The round ONE competition mainly focuses on product, ceremonial, memorial, etc. design has ended in June so now the round TWO competition which is the architecture category is even more challenging at the same time exciting to design !!
Closing date for registration and submission : 1st September 2013
Quote from the original objective given :
DESIGN FOR DEATH will encourage creativity and establish leadership through the intersection of design, thanatology and deathcare to inspire future practical initiatives. It will challenge and change perceptions about the ways in which families honor, remember and celebrate the lives of their loved ones.
for the full detail on the competition click HERE
First round competition - product / ceremonial / memorial design
Check out the video for the summary of this competition.I find the proposed design by the winners (and also mostly) are very eco friendly and spiritually emotionally personally connected with the griever or so, it will be a great inspiration or collaboration to design in the architecture category ! I'm really looking
forward to learn from the method and solution they respond to deathcare by others
around the world.
These are proposals I personally liked, in term aesthetically, technologically
or more meaningful to me.
family tree (above)
digital memorial
museum of life
cocoon - if is just planted onto tree
If interested, may check out the winner's scheme individually from designboom webpage.
