Incom ist die Kommunikations-Plattform der Hochschule Anhalt Fachbereich Design

In seiner Funktionalität auf die Lehre in gestalterischen Studiengängen zugeschnitten... Schnittstelle für die moderne Lehre

Incom ist die Kommunikations-Plattform der Hochschule Anhalt Fachbereich Design mehr erfahren

RIP murder kit

Speculative design. RIP murder kit will accompany you to manifest a farewell ritual for your dearest objects with the help of some magic.

What if you love something so dearly, but you end it with your own hands instead of giving all your love to it? What form of death is most deserving?

Farewell

Saying goodbye is constant in the lifespan. Goodbye to people, objects, time. That is the inevitable flow of life. Nothing lasts forever. Each lived second is irrevocable, each object and person is individual and has its period of validity. Unfortunate but real.

“Your beloved, battered t-shirt that one day was thrown away by mom. To one, it is just an old and battered piece of cloth. However, for others, it is memories: the sleepless nights; the coffee spilled in a rush.” Many can perceive this situation. Denial, grief, anger, bargaining, sadness, plenty of devastating emotions devour us from the inside. But what can be done to overcome it? Nothing, facing it and living in its absence. Perhaps because it is not the farewell to the objects, but to the memories associated with them. Memories, that is what makes people dependent on the object.

The value of ‘memories’ is not physical. It’s a subtle value we hold in our minds. But what can translate these values into a physical form?

RIP murder kit

RIP murder kit will help you to perform a farewell ritual for your dearest objects. A ritual is the physical/verbal expression of an abstract value 'memories'.

RIP murder kit includes everything you need to perform a successful heinous farewell ritual: 3 murder tools, 3 potion bottles, 3 glass jars, 2 cleaning tools, and the instruction.

rip.17main.jpgrip.17main.jpg
rip products.24 main.jpgrip products.24 main.jpg
rip instruction.jpgrip instruction.jpg

The Ritual guide

To perform the farewell ritual you will need to think about 3 objects you feel emotionally attached.

*It can be any size and material.

Ready?
Let's go.

° Cut a small part of those three objects (victims) using the kit's tools. There are 3 types of murder tools suitable for most types of materials.

rip products main 34.jpgrip products main 34.jpg

The potion is a magical mixture brewed in the cauldron which is able to destroy any object and material you want. It will cremate the body of your victim and turn it into ash.

° Pour each of the cut parts with the magical potion.
(one potion bottle per object)

rip products main 32.jpgrip products main 32.jpg

° Put the ash into the glass jars.
° Write the names of the murdered beloved objects on each glass jar. (one name per each glass jar).

rip products main 316.jpgrip products main 316.jpg

Finally, keep the glass jars with the cremated body of your victim in a visible place (shelf, table, etc.) as the trophy from your murder.

Ein Projekt von

Fachgruppe

International Integrated Design

Art des Projekts

Studienarbeit im Masterstudium

Betreuung

foto: Prof. Alejandro Lecuna

Zugehöriger Workspace

Elective Module (MA). HARDSHIP. The design of suffering and antifragile experiences.

Entstehungszeitraum

Wintersemester 2022 / 2023