These memorial objects were created by participants as part Designing Grief, a series of nine workshops where members of the public were invited to explore their experiences of grief and loss through design...
Participants were invited into the "Making Space" a design studio set up in one of Edinburgh's historic burial grounds. Here participants were able to be co-designers making containers for grief that will form a collection of pandemic loses...
The aim was to create understanding and empathy about peoples experiences of the pandemic in public space. Design is a great tool for doing this as it allows experiences and emotions to be materialised, shared and discussed...
The Making Space consisted of a five stage design process where designers and co-designers empathised with each others experiences, defined key emotions and experiences, generated ideas based on these then prototyped and tested their concepts.
