Remembrance through celebration
EKA Bachelor´s projectReceived cum laude honorsTutor: Laura Pappa
Essay tutor: Sandra Nuut & Else Lagerspetz
Have you ever thought about what will happen once you’re gone? How would your close ones remember you, and what are the moments that would remind them of you? What if instead of your funeral, the day would be celebrated like your birthday? “Remembrance Through Celebration” introduces an alternative outlook on death by offering various positive and thoughtful ways to remember the dead by celebrating and cherishing their life. Ideas range from pressing ashes down to a cocktail glass to playing the videogame Animal Crossing together. The publication also features an essay on tombstone typography and visuals ”Please don’t bury me in Arial,” which provides context on researching and illustrating the aesthetics of death.
The first section of the print is filled with funeral photos inherited from my grandmother, surrounded by deep black, mimicking the aesthetic world of Estonian gravestones. The part of the book with ideas on positive remembrance starts with a striking neon pink, printed with UV ink, that symbolizing the freshness of the ideas and their contrast to tradition.
Handwritten headline font
UV ink
Hand bound
47 pages