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17-25 October 2026

Death discussion (Memento Mori)

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

Hosted by Guang, Anouk and Jonas

This project is now archived and was part of DDW20

Memento Mori
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
Memento Mori mood
Memento Mori mood
Guangyu Chen
Memento Mori details
Memento Mori details
Jonas Escher
Memento Mori, a board game
Memento Mori, a board game
Guangyu Chen, Jonas Escher
AR funeral experience
AR funeral experience
Participants of this exhibition

About Guang, Anouk and Jonas

We are two designers that would like to explore the topic 'death'.