After Life
Personalised memorial reefs restoring ocean
After Life creates customised ocean memorial reefs as a sustainable alternative to traditional funerals. These reefs, tailored to honor loved ones, are ideal for families seeking a meaningful way to preserve memories while contributing to marine conservation. By using generative design and 3D printing with cremation ashes, shellfish waste, and algae, After Life supports coral ecosystems, reduces carbon emissions, and repurposes landfill waste, making it both eco-friendly and innovative.
Company/Institution
Royal College of Art
The MA/ MSc Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) programme is a unique double Master’s Programme that has been run jointly with Imperial College London for 40 years. The programme aims to create a new type of innovator, one who will be a global leader in the integration of design, engineering, science and enterprise, and distinctively positioned to tackle the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous challenges society and the planet face.
Country
United Kingdom
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Designer(s)
Felix Ke Chen, Cody Kullman, Haoyue Lin, Yuhan Liu & Yalena Yang Sun
Felix Chen is a product designer and social innovator working across disciplines. His projects focus on coffee innovation, generative design, and social issues such as surveillance and human rights. As part of his final year project, he wishes to make a significant contribution to the coffee industry. After Life is a project collaborated with Cody Kullman (MA Textiles), Haoyue Lin (MA Design Products), Yuhan Liu (MA Fashion) and Yalena Yang Sun (MA Service Design) at Royal College of Art.