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Designing for Grief - Applying Design Thinking to the Process of

Danielsson, Pernilla (2015) In Diploma work IDEM01 20151
Industrial Design
Abstract
The project was intended to explore the user needs around
death and grief in todays Swedish society, with the assumptions
that there is a mismatch between the needs and the
existing offer of products and services in the area.
An extensive research was made by qualitative user interviews,
on-line research and readings. A number of opportunity
areas for improvement was identified.

The finally selected area for improvement by applying the
design process to the user needs was the area of grief and
mourning. Three concepts were designed, addressing different
users needs around grief and mourning.

The three concepts are:
A Process Book designed for writing you way through a
mourning process.
A Memorial Mark designed for you to... (More)
The project was intended to explore the user needs around
death and grief in todays Swedish society, with the assumptions
that there is a mismatch between the needs and the
existing offer of products and services in the area.
An extensive research was made by qualitative user interviews,
on-line research and readings. A number of opportunity
areas for improvement was identified.

The finally selected area for improvement by applying the
design process to the user needs was the area of grief and
mourning. Three concepts were designed, addressing different
users needs around grief and mourning.

The three concepts are:
A Process Book designed for writing you way through a
mourning process.
A Memorial Mark designed for you to mark a place of your
choice as a memorial place.
A Letter Burner, enabling you to burn a letter to a deceased
person. (Less)
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author
Danielsson, Pernilla
supervisor
organization
course
IDEM01 20151
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
publication/series
Diploma work
report number
ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--15/50268—SE
ISSN
ISRN
language
English
id
5472410
date added to LUP
2015-06-11 15:47:13
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2015-06-11 15:47:13
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  abstract     = {{The project was intended to explore the user needs around
death and grief in todays Swedish society, with the assumptions
that there is a mismatch between the needs and the
existing offer of products and services in the area.
An extensive research was made by qualitative user interviews,
on-line research and readings. A number of opportunity
areas for improvement was identified.

The finally selected area for improvement by applying the
design process to the user needs was the area of grief and
mourning. Three concepts were designed, addressing different
users needs around grief and mourning.

The three concepts are:
A Process Book designed for writing you way through a
mourning process.
A Memorial Mark designed for you to mark a place of your
choice as a memorial place.
A Letter Burner, enabling you to burn a letter to a deceased
person.}},
  author       = {{Danielsson, Pernilla}},
  issn         = {{ISRN}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Diploma work}},
  title        = {{Designing for Grief - Applying Design Thinking to the Process of}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}