re_life pendant lamp funerary urn by Chen Yin-Chih from taiwan

Death is the most powerful experience for human. It’s a social taboo, the image very hazy to most of the people. People usually are not prepared when death arrives. The departed might regret to left without communicate with their loved ones.
A funeral cost NTD 50,000~200,000 (USD 1,711~ 6,844) in Taiwan. And the coffin or urn accounted for the largest percentage of the price. Due to the information asymmetric of funeral industry, prices in excess of its quality. In this case, death not only brings regrets, it also brings a heavy burden to the family.

The design concept is the conversion from lighting to urns. Consumers bought the lamp and the residence for afterlife at the same time. It will be used as a pendant lamp in user’s life time; an urn when user pass away. Light is the image of the guidelines, turning off is a metaphor of the end.
It’s a guarantee for those who don’t want their family spend lots of money for their funeral. And implying the preparation for death.
For the deceased, his afterlife house is the item he is familiar with. In addition, it’s an environmentally friendly products which extending product life cycle, encouraged users to use for a lifetime.

From presents a simple cylindrical lampshade with black external, gold painted inside, giving a solemn texture. Embolism bungs on the lid, pull out and bung in the hole of bottom and the lid.
This product is for tree burial. It’s made by PLA, which will biological decomposition in composting conditions within three months.