Dezeen School Shows: we've picked five student projects that feature in Dezeen School Shows that examine themes relating to death, burial and the concept of an afterlife.
These undergraduate and postgraduate students have chosen to take cues from the concept of death in their projects, exploring both the emotional and practical considerations when tackling the idea.
Projects in this roundup include a burial process that harnesses the merits of mycelium fungus, a narrative told via a sequence of rooms that correspond to the stages of grief, and a crematorium built around the ruins of a 19th-century house.
These projects come from students enrolled on product design, architecture and interior design courses at international institutions including Vilnius Academy of Arts, Ravensbourne University London, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at The George Washington University and Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Life after life by Milda Pakarklt?
Product design student Milda Pakarklt? created a wall-mounted shrine that contains three elements symbolic of death and the afterlife ? water, fire and earth.
A photo can be held inside the back panel and is only revealed when someone lights the candle in the ice candle holder, which melts and in turn waters the small tree.
"A second object is a special place for remembering the dead at home," said Pakarklt?. "Because of the balance mechanism inside, the photograp...