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Death Design Data
Ten artists offer new considerations for grieving in the digital age
In the digital era, the experience of death and grief is the opposite of that of centuries saturated with information, yet devoid of rituality. With this influx of media and "content," is it possible that some form of visual culture could cut through the noise in order to reconcile human beings with death? Death Design Data unites 10 contemporary artists and designers to explore how different creative practices can produce new, innovative rituals surrounding death and loss, and how they affect us. The experiences, memories and invocations shared on these pages invite us to reconsider our mortality and the vessels that we use to navigate life and death.
Contributors MAalex, Thomas Walskaar, Camille Wiesel, Studio GISTO & Goga Mason, Perrine De Donato, Susanne Duijvestein, Lorenzo Montinaro, Mourning School.
In the digital era, the experience of death and grief is the opposite of that of centuries saturated with information, yet devoid of rituality. With this influx of media and "content," is it possible that some form of visual culture could cut through the noise in order to reconcile human beings with death? Death Design Data unites 10 contemporary artists and designers to explore how different creative practices can produce new, innovative rituals surrounding death and loss, and how they affect us. The experiences, memories and invocations shared on these pages invite us to reconsider our mortality and the vessels that we use to navigate life and death.
Contributors MAalex, Thomas Walskaar, Camille Wiesel, Studio GISTO & Goga Mason, Perrine De Donato, Susanne Duijvestein, Lorenzo Montinaro, Mourning School.
144 pages, Paperback
Published July 8, 2025
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July 24, 2026
A really interesting conversation about how our relationship with death has changed in the online age.
I especially enjoyed the works focused on data and death, and wish I could read a full book exploring just that theme.
I especially enjoyed the works focused on data and death, and wish I could read a full book exploring just that theme.
April 30, 2026
makes a point to criticize western views of death without any actual criticism. many of the conversations were interesting but could’ve done without the hacky AI essay. also i wish the LGBT section wasn’t literally 3 pages long.
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