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(Archive) Death discussion (Memento Mori)

Break the taboo around death with the help of a game.

This project was part of DDW 2020
Memento Mori

Although we all will eventually be confronted with death, death is still a taboo. And most young adults never thought about this at all. How are these young people going to deal with it? To answer that, Anouk, a young designer, would like to share her personal story about 'making peace with death'.

A few weeks ago, Anouk had brain bleeding because of a disease and was in a coma for several days. The doctors told her parents that they had two options. They could do nothing and she would die or they could do something but there's still a chance she wo

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Memento Mori mood — © Guangyu Chen

Memento Mori details — © Jonas Escher

Memento Mori, a board game — © Guangyu Chen, Jonas Escher

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