Something To Die For

We will think about it sooner or later. What should the headstone say? Forget about what it will say. If you’re a designer, here’s your chance to wonder about what it will look like. And cast aside the typical stones and granites for something completely different.

Lundgren Monuments are translucent memorials created with kiln formed glass, four inches thick and mounted into a stainless steel or bronze base. Your personal information and artwork is carved into the placid surface.

These irresistible icons are the collaborative result of artists Jim Nelson and Greg Lundgren in Seattle, Washington. Art and theatre meet. The end welcomes the means.

An incredibly brilliant, hopeful and uplifting alternative to the vast and dark collections of typical markers.

Let our imaginations run wild with the possibilities.

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Noah | Oct 19, 2005

They look like they’d also make good signs for stand alone offices.

I’d like to see more imperfections in the glass and some solar sells around the base that power LED lights that come on when the sun goes down to light up the glass, say 4 banks of 20kh LEDs which would shine for 8 hours a day. Each bank would activate when the bank before it wore out so the monument would shine for 30 years as long as some one cleaned the solar panels… ok so maybe it’s a lot of work but there are head stones with LCDs in them :P

Richard Bird | Oct 19, 2005

Cool. Great thought, Noah. What about fiber optics? Be sure to let them know about this thought.

Richard Bird | Dec 28, 2005

The January/February issue of STEP Inside Design magazine expands on this topic with Ina Saltz’ story, “Designing Your Own Death.�? You’ll have to buy it now on the newsstand, though. There appears to be no online companion to the story.

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