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Chris Burns on September 27, 2009 9:36 PM
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Bandi GRAVE / DÖBLING CEMETERY, VIENNA by Robert Stadler

Who is the dude or lady who gets to design the iconography that covers the graveyard? Who gets to set the type on the stones? Designers who design for the dead. That’s what I wanna know about. For now, check out this very lovely and very real bed for the dead by designer Robert Stadler for his father. See below for a nice collection of images of it and some info, or if you’d like to see it in real life, just visit DÖbling Cemetary in Vienna. Simple!

This is a very special project, namely the design of my family grave, devised on the death of my father. Despite the inoffensive nature of the proposition, it demanded long negotiations in order to obtain the necessary authorizations. The idea is simple: a granite bed, white marble pillows and a blanket of greenery. The project contrasts with traditional graves by its color and its horizontal form.

Project assistant : Anne Roussel / studio RS

Designer For The Dead, that’s what I want to be. My former professor Piotr Szyhalski once had an idea for a digital graveyard where people could “bury” their loved ones with the option to leave comments or seal them tight! I’d like to be designing the granite stones.

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