: Researcher, Visual Designer
: Prototypes & New Systems
: 2015 - MA Material Futures
Re-Designing Death
Can we re-design the legacy we leave behind?
Overview
Momento Mori is a re-design of death in the age of social media.
Output
• Web & App Prototype
• Object Protoype
• New System Proposal
Momento Mori is a re-design of death in the age of social media.
Output
• Web & App Prototype
• Object Protoype
• New System Proposal
Context
How would we curate and design our personal legacies as a response to this digital immortality?
Inspiration
Paul Bennett, Chief Creative Officer of IDEO once questioned:
“...I know that we can’t choose the what, why, or when of our death, but can we do more to design the how?”
Software Used
After Effects, Photoshop, Invision
Techniques
Wood Work, Lathe
Presented to
Caroline Till
Course Leader
MA Material Futures,
Central Saint Martins &
Co-Founder, Franklin Till Studio
Amy Congdon
Jewellery and Textiles Programme, Associate Lecturer, MA Material Futures,
Central Saint Martins
Kieren Jones
Senior Lecturer & Tutor
MA Material Futures,
Central Saint Martins
PROCESS
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[Fig.1 - 3] Monument Research & Development
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[Fig.1 - 3] Monument Research & Development
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[Fig.9, 10] Photography of Object Prototype
[Fig.9, 10] Photography of Object Prototype
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[Fig.4 - 8] Making of Object Prototype
[Fig.4 - 8] Making of Object Prototype
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[Fig.11] Moodboard
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[Fig.12 - 16] New System Proposal
[Fig.12 - 16] New System Proposal
PROTOTYPES
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Website
Website
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Application
Application