Inspiring references about death, funerals and celebration of life
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4 min readSep 9, 2015
Before moving to the next blog post about my research and traveling in the UK, speaking to the industry professionals and the potential audience, here I present a list of interesting references that inspired me during my journey. Huge thanks to Hypers, Why Nots, friends and everyone who kindly contributed to this list.
Beautiful funeral alternatives
Be a Diamond
Put your Heart in Diamond
Be a Tree
Plant a Tree from Ashes
Eternal Reef
The Ocean Messenger Urn
Bio Urn
Be Compost
Message in a bottle
Launch into outer space also for Pets
Digital Photo Memorial Urn
Modern Urns
Ashes as a jewelry
Ashes as a bullet
Ashes as firework
Ashes as a pencil
Ashes as vinyl
Future
The Future of Graveyards
Funeral Innovations
Probably The Most High-Tech Cemetery in the World
A documentary about future graveyards (in Russian)
20 ideas on how to solve graveyard space shortage
10 eco-friendly funeral ideas
Architecture of Death
TED’s blog post about architecture of death and Alison Killing’s experience
Different projects on architecture of death
Celebration of life
25 People Tell How They Want Their Life To Be Celebrated
Fascinating funeral traditions from around the globe
Death Cafe
Death Dinner Party
TED Talks
Candy Chang: Before I die I want to…
Kelli Swazey: Life that doesn’t end with death
Laura Prince: Changing The Way We Mourn
Judy MacDonald Johnston: Prepare for a good end of life
Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit
Peter Saul: Let’s talk about dying
Startups
Eterni.me — AI digital platform creates a virtual clone.
Flutter — app concept designed for grieving adolescents.
Zen Hospice — IDEO’s project about redesigning death.
Timeless — giving gifts and experience to loved after dying. Like a movie “P.S.I love you”
RIP Cemetery
Other projects
Digital Death and Afterlife online services
QR Code: Qeepr and Quiring Monuments
If I die First — Facebook’s App
to be continued …
