CELEBRATIONS

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Diploma in Experience & Product Design Singapore Polytechnic

Yo u ’ r e C o r d i a l l y I n v i t e d .

We request the pleasure of your company to grace the happy occasion of rediscovering the joys of celebrations and marking life’s milestones.

Cake and peanuts to follow!

In Merr y Motion A Life

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A Love Story

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A Final Goodbye

The Celebrators

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In Merr y Motion

In Merry Motion is a celebration & experience design + craft studio. We craft and curate atmospheres, design experiences, and transform spaces with installations. We hold craft parties, collaborate with like-minded folks to work on meaningful social projects, and make merry.

On the side, we sometimes step into the privileged position of being lecturers and mentors to aspiring designers.

A Life

Celebrations occur to sum up a series of events: they mark milestones, commemorate victories, and close chapters for new ones to begin. From this perspective, a wedding celebrates the end of courtship and the beginning of a new life together; a funeral is the closure of a life well-lived and a tribute to a great legacy left behind.

Our local heritage marks weddings and funerals with unique cultural hallmarks - merry, colourful celebrations in the void decks of the heartlands; yumseng choral parties that cheekily encourage procreation; and makeshift trays of paper plates with peanuts, candy, and red strings atop plastic-wrapped tables at funeral wakes.

This final year project has involved the intensive process of researching and understanding the social and spatial dynamics of celebrations and their accompanying nuances and intentions.

We are so proud to present 14 refreshing takes on selected social occasions supporting or contributing to the authenticity, nuances, and experience on weddings and funerals in Singapore.

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SITI NUR ASYIQIN “Little additional interaction with the couple.”

Invitations have always played a crucial role in the wedding experience for both couple and guest. Traditionally and still widely used by many, the physical hard copy print out of invitations are mailed out by the couple themselves. However, there has been a growing number of couples who have chosen to send out online invitations as it saves both time and money and automates the compilation process of the guests responses. Also, it has been observed that most hard copy invitations are thrown away after the celebration is over, hence the debate of the couple’s financial investment in a physical invitation card.

More often than not, the invitation card is the first point of connection between couples and guests, and the suggested lead time is 3 months before the wedding itself. However, as time passes, disconnect might take place as there is little additional interaction with the couple as they get busy preparing for their big day.

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1 Timeline of the milestones.

2 Couples have to choose milestones to take a photo of, as a way of checking it off the list.

3 Couples can connect with guests when they rsvp.

4 Guests can state their seating preferences.

5 Couples can easily assign and manage seats through the app.

6 The tips assist the couple in assigning seats.

7 Guests are instantly notified of their seat number.

KnotQuest is an app that serves as a fun way to plan a guest list, the seating arrangement and a fun way to check things of the list in anticipation for the big day. The engaged couple sets up an account together while being able to share their journey leading up to the wedding day with everyone that is invited by the couple through the app. This makes it a fun and easy way to notify anxious guests about what is happening in their lives while keeping them hungry for more updates.

Guests will be notified of every milestone that the engaged couple hits along their journey. There is also an instagram ‘Like’ feature of likes and comments. RSVPs and allocation of seats will be done through the app, making everything free and easy. Guests can comment and select their preferences. With KnotQuest, all wedding events will be instantaneously sent to guests who have been invited. Apart from that, KnotQuest brings guests through the wedding journey of the engaged couple so that they are more involved.

C A L LY CHYE “Test the groom’s sincerity and commitment towards the marriage.”

To endorse is to express approval or support to a person or an object, especially by a public statement. The practice of the gatecrashing tradition is to test the groom’s sincerity and commitment towards marriage. The tradition of blocking the door demonstrates the love of the bride’s family and friends.

However, traditions and customs are slowly losing its initial values and the meaning behind it. In recent years, gatecrashing activities have been pushing the groom’s limits. Bridesmaids have introduced activities that may sometimes involve live insects or even activities that may inflict pain on the groom.

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Bridesmaids analysing the kit.

Groomsmen choosing a question card.

Bridesmaids writing on the comment card.

One of the “Experiencing” stages.

The bride approving the accomplishments.

Endorse is a customisable gatecrashing kit that stays true to the original values behind the tradition of gatecrashing. It is designed to aid the bridesmaids in their preparation, and also helps build anticipation for the actual wedding day.

Endorse is designed to incorporate the four main challenges in this long running tradition of fetching the bride which is to “express, understand, experience, and declare”. Each stage contains activities that encourages the participation of the bride, the groom, the bridesmaids, and the groomsmen. With every stage, the groom’s sincerity and love is put to the test as he has to face a series of challenges customised by the bridesmaids for him to get past in order to reach the bride.

The first stage of the games will be is when the groom has to “Express” his unfaltering love for the bride. The second stage is to “Understand”, when the groom’s knowledge of the bride is put to the test with a series of questions asked, aided by a set of cards provided in the kit. The third stage is for the groom to “Experience” — and a promise to endure the good times and the bad through the actual tasting of food items of polar opposite flavours served on mini trays with recipes on the flipside. The last stage is to “Declare”, which as its name suggests, is when the groom publicly proclaims his love for the bride in the presence of her family.

The bride herself is able to endorse all the games prior to them being played, and medal stickers are aware when every stage is completed. The bridesmaids are encouraged to upload and share their experiences in the Endorse blog, providing reference for future users as they curate and customise their own gatecrashing experience from the kit.

With Endorse, the tradition of gatecrashing is practiced according its true value, the the memories made will always be held dear.

YEONG PUI YEE “Discard traditions because of the insignificance.”

Nowadays, many Chinese wedding traditions are lost because we lack the knowledge we have about it. However, the one that has stood the test of time is the Chinese tea ceremony. Traditionally, the tea set is passed down from one generation to another as a gift and with age, the tea set’s value increases.

However some people discard these traditions because of the insignificance of it or because it has not been passed down before to them. Bride to bride, mother to daughter these tea sets should be kept with great care. This, like all other traditions that has been lost and forgotten, may soon be gone.

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1 Progress of the ageing cherry wood.

2 Serving tea in the tea cup.

3 Passing the heirloom to the next generation.

The concept is to introduce a wedding tea set, which also acts as a heirloom, to encourage and continue the historic tradition. The material of choice is porcelain as it will be kept carefully, and cherry wood as wood will beautify over time. Cherry wood is recognized for both strength and beauty and over time, as its red exterior will darken. Just like fine wine, cherry wood allows one to invest time for its beauty to be unrivaled.

The heirloom tea set will be framed up on the wall in the living room as this allows family members and relatives to view it publicly and to appreciate it.

Therefore, with the added incentive of beautifying something and starting a family tradition, which can be passed down for ages only for the object to beautify, the engaged couple will see its value, and the value increasing in front of their very eyes, while also sharing stories of the past for future generations to appreciate and follow suit.

B RYA N LEOW “Encourage more considerate phototaking�

Wedding photographers blocking other people in the congregation is inevitable in all weddings. Nowadays, many people are taking photographs seemingly in every event they attend, and this is starting to become an intuitive behaviour. Instead of removing guest photography in weddings completely, Chirp! introduces monopods into the wedding scene to encourage more considerate photo-taking, while enhancing the experience of photo-taking in weddings.

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Guests being provided with the “Chirp!” set.

Guets writing well-wishes.

Securing camera onto monopod.

Attaching monopod onto the covers.

Repositioning the camera to fit the hole.

Chirp! is a wedding service that rents monopods and monopod covers to guests so they can take photographs of the couple in an interactive and considerate way. It is designed to solve the problem of guest photographers blocking others when taking photographs of the couple, through either getting off their seats to get close to the couple, or holding their mobile phones out to the aisle. With the rented monopods, guests can now just stay in their seats, hold their mobile phones upright using the monopod, and adjust them to take photographs of the couple, which greatly reduces blocking.

The monopod covers are to be attached over the mobile phone to conceal it while leaving the camera lens uncovered, disguising it into an enticing, energetic and cheerful-looking speech bubble. The guests can even write their messages onto the covers to communicate with the couple.

When all the guests are holding the monopods with the covers, they will not only be taking photographs, but will also create a sea of colours that beautifies the event space, which can boost the atmosphere and experience tremendously.

At the end of the wedding, the monopods are to be returned, while the covers can be kept by the guests as a wedding favour.

By offering a fresh new take on the problem of guest photography through allowing guests to continue taking photographs of the couple in weddings in a considerate manner, Chirp! is able to maintain the wedding guest photography experience instead of eliminating it like in “unplugged weddings”.

L I YA N A YUNOS “Traditions are more obligatory than meaningful.”

Wedding favours are known to be gifts that symbolises the couple’s acknowledgement of guests that had attended their wedding.

However, currently, such traditions are now more obligatory then meaningful. For example, some couples may opt to give out snacks and food like chocolate wafer rolls, hard-boiled eggs and even popcorn.

And for couples who chose not to, they gave out items that would be of use to their guests instead, such as mugs, bottle cap openers, photo frames, and little paperweights.

Yet, such favours have become insignificant. Food, would end up being consumed on the day itself, and those trinkets may end up being left on the shelf, forgotten and unused. Come next spring cleaning, aand these gifts would end up in the rubbish bin.

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1 Display of badges.

2 Guest choosing a badge.

3 Badge being pinned onto shirt.

Seeing how the idea of wedding favours were never given much thought during the planning process, the idea is to repurpose such things into something that would be interactive and able to be reused in a variety of situations.

Hence, the badges. Guests from all walks of life, from different timelines of the couple’s lives, are always found at a wedding. They are bound to meet people they do not recognise and sometimes, are forced to sit at tables full of strangers. Hence, with this badges, guests can choose the phrases that resonates with them. People tend to be reluctant about fully expressing themselves. With this badges, they can even strike up conversations with other people, using humour and curiosity as the triggers for such moments. This therefore enhances the experience before the wedding eventually starts as people can strike up conversations before heading towards their seats and thus upon arrival at their located seats, the entire experience of the wedding has and how it has begun would have already given a lasting impression on them.

AQIRAH ROSLE “The guestbook has lost its intended purpose.”

Celebrations play an integral role in a multicultural nation like Singapore. It signifies what we stand for, which is unity and diversity. However from research gathered, the wedding guestbook is the first thing that the attendees and welcomed guests see when they arrive. This plays a huge role because it is important that this action does not negatively affects the guests.

However, the current situation is that guests have to queue up one by one to fill up the a single guestbook. Another issue which is faced now is that guests do not know what else to fill in besides the casual “Congratulations” and “I hope you last forever”.

The guestbook has lost its intended purpose in recent years, as married couples use it for the sole purpose of acknowledging wedding guests. Therefore, the idea is to redesign the guestbook to give these couples a whole new different experience of it and to change the current mindset.

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Activity card in slots in the guestbook.

Guests receiving the card from the receptionist.

Variations of the activity cards.

Guest slotting the card back into the guestbook.

The idea is inspired by activity books given to children and an activity card called “Wreck It”, this new meticulously designed guestbook is an activity card which encourages creativity and individuality as guests are now able to create drawings, capture the moments and even interact with each other at the event. As this activity card will be given out at the start and only received back at the end, the guestbook will be empty till guests depart and fills it with their cards. The cards are made up of three categories: Observation, Interaction and Emotions.

Therefore, based on the guests’ individual experiences throughout the event, not all the cards will be the same.

At the end of the event, not only will the bride and groom know the perspective of the guests at the event, the will also be able to get variations of individual ideas of their own or dream wedding.

This will be an extremely enjoyable activity for the couple as well as the guests.

YA N G YUQING “Bound by a common activity of eating.�

Typically, in a chinese wedding banquet dinner for a table of ten, we might have found ourselves in a situation where we are seated with guests we are accquainted with or completely a total stranger to.

The more outgoing ones might find it easy to strike up conversations and make small talk, but for those who are more introverted and reserved, this might be the most dreadful situation to be in.

However, despite this apprehension and discomfort one might face, the table of ten is still bound by a common activity of eating throughout the entire course of the wedding banquet, and is an interaction point that has the potential to be enhanced. There are plenty of unspoken and subtle hand gestures that happens over the dinner table, such as, stretching out one’s hand to take or receive a serving of food for themselves or for others and spinning the Lazy Susan to retrieve a certain utensil or dish.

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1 Roses bloom when a guest reaches out to take food.

2 A hydrangea appears when food is received by guests.

3 Daisies follow the direction of the lazy susan when it is turned.

4 Mimosa leaves appear when food is taken to be served.

5 A combination of patterns that forms when multiple actions are being done concurrently.

Hence, the concept serves to enhance these subtle hand gestures over the banquet table to spark conversations, and potentially inspire interaction between the guests. With the ice broken, this proposed new banquet experience hopes to address the issue of any slight uneasiness or awkwardness an introvert might find him or herself in.

Throughout the course of the dinner, each hand gesture over the Lazy Susan will be enhanced through an appearance of a series of floral motifs and patterns. Gradually, from an empty canvas at the start of the dinner, every gesture contributed by the guests will cause a projection of a beautiful garden-scape of floral motifs that fills up the entire Lazy Susan by the end of the dinner.

NG LEE HWA “With every passing, memories live on.�

A funeral is always associated with being taboo and we tend to avoid the topic of death in a conversation. When a death occurs, family members are definitely very much affected, and all the emotions make it an impossible task to plan a funeral for deceased. In Singapore, it has been observed that funeral directors are the ones who arrange everything for the family.

Wakes are usually held for visitors to pay their final respects to the deceased, along with the performing of some rites and rituals, and verbal tributes to the deceased are given.

Funerals, though sad, are also filled with many moments of sharing memories about the deceased. They can be seen as a celebration of a person’s life well lived.

With every passing, memories live on. One would remember them by their personality, things they are good at, and the qualities that set them apart from others like a good sense of humour. Imagine having these traits of the deceased being reflected in a funeral.

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1 Packaging of the frames.

2 Family members deciding on the photos to be framed.

3 Frames displayed at a wake.

4 Frames displayed at home.

Currently, most funerals feel and look similar because of the packages that the funeral directors provide, and it is difficult to attempt to do anything different to honour the deceased in a special way, because the lead time to a death is more often than not, unexpected and short.

Our Tribute is a series of frames designed to help document and celebrate a person’s life. It is made up of 5 separate wooden frames - “My Most Treasured Moments”, “My Favourite Line”, “My Nearest and Dearest”, “My Favourite Pastime”, and “My Love Letters”, family members can use this product to spend time with a relative whose days are numbered. As they gather and recall memories to fill the frames with photographs and handwritten captions and notes, they focus on the good times, while making their days count.

After the passing, Our Tribute is displayed at the wake, and it presents to visitors a collection of the good memories that the deceased holds dear. Family members can choose to take home individual frames to remember the deceased by, memories manifested by a shared experience.

T I S YA WONG “Funeral space is not conducive for mourning.�

A funeral is a place for people to gather and mourn the loss of a loved one.

However, based on observations at a wake, there are some factors that prove that the space is not a conducive place for mourning.

A wake is a private event held in a shared space. In the current situation, the tentage surrounds only some parts of the wake and serves as a divider from the perimeters of the void deck, while also informing others of a death.This makes the area openly visible to passersby living in the area, whereby every action and expression is being displayed to the full view of the public.

Hence, guests are deprived of intimacy and privacy that they require for mourning during a wake. This may lead to an occasional sense of discomfort, as they are suddenly pushed into the limelight.

In the wake, the harsh, and often blinding, light illuminating from the bulbs above every table also affects the atmosphere of the wake significantly. It brightens up the space, but yet makes it seem unwelcoming for guests attending the wake, as well as passersby.

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Hiding and revealing through the use of opacity.

View of passersby from guests point of view.

View of guests from passersby point of view.

Binding rings of the tentage.

Drawstring function of the bulb shade.

With that observation and insight, the idea is to redesign existing objects at a wake, to improve its current atmosphere, by creating a more intimate and inviting space. The project revolves around the theme of “hiding and revealing�, through the use of opacity, to cater to both guests and passersby sharing a common space.

The project, titled HALF HALF, consists of a set of two objects, a tent and a bulb shade. The tent covers the whole space of a wake, leaving only a small opening as an entrance to the wake. It also creates a temporary wall of privacy for guests at a wake while at the same time, inviting passersby to discover the events happening in a wake, simply by observing the body language of guests. The bulb shade dims the harshness of the lighting, to enhance the intimate atmosphere for guests.

Also, considering that a wake consists of temporary objects in a temporary space, both objects have efficient systems that assist with the setting up of the funeral space. The tentage is attached with binding rings that make it easy to slip or clip the tentage onto the structure. The bulbshade comes with a drawstring function, which makes it easy to set up and remove.

JULIAN PAT R I C K CHOWDHURIE “Being at a funeral should not be just all doom and gloom.”

What is the first thought that comes to mind when you find out someone close to you has passed on? It could be just another void deck funeral, with strangers that you hardly see or might not know.

You may be on your own, being quiet and awkward throughout the duration of the wake. You may also feel disconnected and discomforted, just wanting to get out.

However, this does not need to be the case.

Being at a funeral should not be just all doom and gloom. From a religious perspective, it should be a celebration, knowing that the deceased is now safe with God. It is a matter of perspective perhaps, but how can we celebrate one’s life once his time has come, and how do we, as of now, appreciate people whose times have passed?

From research gathered, the idea is to revolutionize a wake into something we all can appreciate and celebrate, by redesigning the space into an exhibition of one’s life through the use of pictures and short descriptions, to captivate family, friends and people who have shared a moment with the deceased.

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Selection of Milestones to choose from.

Plans and prices quoted per month or annually.

Templates for users to choose from.

Users will be given a set of choice of where they would want the service to be placed.

When uploading from Facebook you can select multiple photos.

Photos are clicked and dragged onto location.

Virtual reality tour can be seen after completion.

Virtual reality space and buttons to rotate.

Celebration of Life is a funeral service that will give this new experience with different layouts, and introducing new elements, such as, cocktail tables or exhibition boards with pictures of the deceased milestones in life. The exhibition boardsmay have milestones such as “A Love Story”, which shows the timeline of the deceased’s life, from when he fell in love to where he is today. With this, wakes become a lot more personal, and the approach is one that celebrates and honours the deceased’s life. This could be the start of the future of wakes in years to come.

The information and exhibition board content is collected through the website, whereby people can curate and customise their wake in the future, by using a shared account with multiple users. If something happens to one, the other user can notify the system to implement the service for a set up.

SIAK KUAN YING “In times of trials and tribulations, they are always there for you.�

Family is such an important aspect in life.

Not only are they are the closest people to you, in times of trials and tribulations, they are always there to lend you support.

Having a good relationship with family or friends not only boosts morale, it also raises self esteem knowing that someone is always there supporting you at your worst.

It is possibly one of the best feelings in the world.

Wakes, being a rare opportunity for family members to gather together and be there for one another during tough times, has been interrupted by a sudden surge in technology, especially in the form of portable mobile devices.

With everyone being engrossed in their own devices and activities, the family may miss the opportunity to get to know one another better and forge stronger family ties in the process. There may also be many foreign relationships, especially with distant relatives and elders, due to lack of communication or a generation gap.

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One of the categories of cards.

Cards being played at a wake.

Peanuts are used for voting the best answer.

Melon seeds represent the points earned.

The game set.

Our Infinity is a game set which is played at a wake. The game revolves around answering a set of questions, focusing on the deceased but at the same time bringing out individual stories from the families in the hopes of reminding themselves about the happy moments they had together.

There are three different categories, namely “Moments Together”, “Life History”, and “Little Secrets”. They are basically things that a person would normally go through in his daily life. Hence, by shuffling the cards together, family members would be running through his life.

The point system for the game works by using food already present at the wake. Every correct vote with a groundnut, gets you a point with a melon seed. The intention of the game is not to win and compete to find out who knows the deceased best.

The game acts as a catalyst in bringing the family together as they unite in a shared experience of reminiscing about the deceased — trading stories and revealing random trivia. Be it a funny encounter or a touchy story, the players of the game get to learn new things about one another.

As conversations grow, family members get to know more about each other’s life. Like a ripple effect, new bonds are made, relationships are strengthened and the family grows closer together, and that is priceless.

JAMIE TEO “The meanings behind the significance of folding.�

During a typical Chinese wake, there will always be a group of people folding joss paper for the deceased. With all the meanings behind the significance of folding, such as showing appreciation, it beautifies the joss paper and gives people something to do. While in the midst of folding, people socialize with one another as well.

While at the wake, guests that arrive with nothing to do, would not mind helping in the folding of paper. However, it is seen by many that only the family members are allowed to fold the joss paper, therefore leading to guests secluding themselves.

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1 Guests writing their answers.

2 Folding process.

3 Slotting the folded paper to form part of the Circle in Zen.

Write, Fold, Slot is designed to help people bond over the folding of paper and to make everyone feel that they have a part to play in the wake. The set is mainly designed for those who believe in Buddhism and to create a final art piece for the deceased.

The significance as to all the aspects in this design is based on the values of Buddhism. The “Circle in Zen� signifies the moment of which the mind is free for the body to create, while symbolizing absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe and most of all the void.

Users will set this up at the entrance of wake where everyone who attends the wake will answer questions about the deceased, printed on tissue paper. This is followed by folding it and slotting it into the canvas upon leaving the wake. Colourcoded slots on the canvas will guide the user to complete the gift. As for those who lack the knowledge of folding, family members will teach the guests what they know and in turn, guests can teach others.

E LV I N LUM “Packing up of the room is always accompanied with a heavy heart.”

The anguish does not end after the body has been laid to rest; it lingers with every passing day as your feet retraces the steps that your late family member used to take, as the house feels quieter with one less person.

Some people have shared that packing up the deceased’s room is the hardest part of dealing with a death of a loved one.

Prior to this, family members are kept busy as they are caught up in the bustle of a funeral. There is also much immediate support from extended family and friends in the immediate days after the death. The reality of a person’s passing only starts to sink in when routines resume when one feels the loss in its entirety.

How does one decide what to keep and what to discard? Where should they even start? The packing up of the room is always accompanied with a heavy heart and a torrent of tears. Every item that belongs to the deceased means something to the deceased, but not everything is kept in the process of packing up.

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1 The luggage bag being used at home.

2 Items placed in categories of the luggage bag.

A Long Journey is designed to be an aid to ease the family members in the process of packing up the deceased’s items. Instead of throwing things into a square brown storage box, the concept of this design is to lighten the emotionally draining experience of packing by guiding and pacing the family members as they go through the deceased’s life.

Designed to resemble a luggage made from leather, and lined with felt, its form alludes to the preparation for a journey about to be taken. The user’s experience is guided through categorisation according to the 3 different segments that have been determined after much interviews and research on what people are inclined to keep based on perceived value.

The first segment, “These Keep Me Warm” encourages the user to put in pieces of clothing which belonged to the deceased. The second, “Those Particulars About Me”, is for the user to document the deceased’s life by their journal, hand written letters and photos. The last, “The Favourite Things of Mine” gives the user some space to consider items of sentimental value to be kept to commemorate the deceased.

As the user fills the luggage with precious items that once belonged to his dearly departed family member, the product hopes to have helped mentally and emotionally in the acceptance of the death. At the end of the whole packing process, the user is comforted as what is left is a full suitcase in preparation for the deceased’s long journey into the afterlife.

N ATA L I E CHENG “There is common ground of hoping to see them smile and laugh again.�

To grieve is a natural human response to a loss. Grieving is painful, heartbreaking and can be unbearable at times.

Times when we see our friends or family dealing with such pain, we sometimes feel helpless; unsure on how to help them as we do not know exactly how they are feeling. However, there is common ground of hoping to see them smile and laugh again, to have them get back on their feet, but that requires time.

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Tearing a page off the calendar.

The calendar is used in a bedroom.

The calendar is dedicated to the deceased.

Quotes on every page to motivate the user.

In the context of a woman who recently lost her spouse, 100 better days is a gift to her, to let her know that people care for her, and want her to feel better as the days go by.

The calendar acts as a deadline, that she should get back on her feet after 100 days of recovery.

Based on the 5 stages of grief – self denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, each stage is categorized into 20 days. Each day is thoughtfully designed with reminders and activities that are suited to their emotions to aid recovery.

As time flies, the numbers fall in positioning to show the passing of time. The thickness of the paper for every stage also decreases to reflect heavy to light heartedness. The narrative of 100 better days is designed to be first person as it holds a larger impact as she reads through it, like an inner voice.

This is a thoughtful gift to show care for someone, helping them though this tough time and giving them the ability to pick themselves up and move on.

The Celebrators

In Merr y Motion Weiyan Chen & Joyce Li

Editor Julian Patrick Chowdhurie

P u b l i c a t i o n Te a m Asyqin Termizi Siak Kuan Ying Tisya Wong

Photographer Natalie Cheng

Studio Aqirah Rosle Bryan Leow Cally Chye Elvin Lum Jamie Teo Liyana Yunos Ng Lee Hwa Yang Yu Qing Yeong Pui Yee

Special thanks to Auntie Annie Heng Daniel Wong Thomas Ang from The Peeping Thom

Does a celebration ever end?