Death
Anker Bak and Jonas Sølberg launch Dignity Design platform at 3 Days of Design
John Conway designs mobile printing press to record people’s feelings at the end of their lives
BDR Architekci clads columbarium in Poland with pale sandstone
Kunokaiku urns designed to allow “remembering through ritual”
In Memoriam device detects when someone dies alone
Claesson Koivisto Rune designs biodegradable burial urn made from wool
Fletcher Studio embeds cemetery alternative into Californian forest
Life Support is a digital tool to help users cope with death
Bob Hendrikx designs “living coffin” from mushroom mycelium
Miró Rivera Architects imagines floating city of the dead in response to coronavirus
Microscape uses stone-filled cages to update Italian cemetery
Common Accounts designs an eco-friendly funeral for the digital age
Collective urns designed to “remove ego” from funeral process
Anker Bak designs products to address “taboo” topics of ageing and death
Recompose human composting facility “transforms your loved one’s body into soil”
Five student design and architecture projects that respond to death
RCA students develop underwater urns that double as oyster reefs
John Booth designs “monumental and bold” flower-shaped cremation urns
Loenen Pavilion offers space to rest and reflect in Dutch war cemetery
Shape Architecture tops non-denominational centre for remembrance with angular tower
Mourning Jewellery by Aeternum
Cardboard hospital beds that double as coffins developed as “worthy solution” to coronavirus crisis
Olson Kundig unveils Recompose Seattle facility for composting human bodies
