The Topic is Death

Nancy Austin, my professor, spoke about remembering death, how we can live past and share some sort of memory/guidance/information with life in the future.

Mission Eternity:
www.etoy.com and www.missioneternity.org/videos

Joe Scanlon's DIY Coffin from an Ikea Bookcase:
www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/3257/diy-ikea-coffin-by-joe-scanlan.html

Ecopod:
www.naturalburialcompany.com

www.ecopod.co.uk

We also discussed unconventional ways to remember a loved one. Some are not as tasteful as others but all are interesting.

Nadine Jarvis's recycled carbon pencils from ashes:
www.core77.com/bullitts/2006/11/Nadine-Jarvis-Bird-Feeder-&-Carbon-Copies.asp?page_no=5&context_id=2&current_bullitt_id=509&current_bullitt_number=8

www.triptychresearch.typepad.com/thinking_about_things/2006/06/drawing_leaps_o.html

The AfterLife Fuel Cell Project and other work by James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau:
www.auger-loizeau.com

www.environmentdebate.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/the-afterlife-project-feeding-power-of-the-dead-into-your-electronic-gadgets/

www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/love_objects_a_review_of_momas_design_and_the_elastic_mind_by_alex_terzich_9172.asp

Diamonds from Ashes:
www.Lifegem.com

The Process of Modern Day Cremation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-ynU6aTzac