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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might be morbid, but I like this idea So much beter than a boring old cemetary…[link to post]
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might be morbid, but I like this idea So much better than a boring old cemetary…[link to post]
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rest in bed [link to post]
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Rest in bed: [link to post]
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I’d plant daisies: [link to post]
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fav: Rest in Bed : [link to post]
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esse é perfeito pra mim: [link to post]
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Morbid-w/-lighthearted-ending-tweet: I want to be cremated, but if I I wanted to be buried, I would want this! [link to post]
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Make this my everlasting resting place. Sculptor creates bed gravesite. [link to post]
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RT @Eugenia_Kim Make this my everlasting resting place. Sculptor creates bed gravesite. [link to post]
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Descanso eterno en una cama??? Sin palabras … [link to post]
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Sleeping in style, six feet under: the forever bed. [link to post]
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