A lifetime – memories of an unborn child by Linda Domke

Education
Master
Skill
Industrial Design
Focus area
Design for People
Year
2020
Education project type
Course

About the project

One in four pregnancies end in a miscarriage. But even though miscarriage is common it can be emotionally difficult and isolating. In conversations with mothers, who recently experienced a miscarriage, I saw their need to express grief and share it with others.

The personal memory box is handed out by the gynecologist while giving the diagnosis of a miscarriage. The content of the box is co-created with midwives and mothers in grief, responding to the different stages of grief, with options to personalize it. As a physical box, it allows parents to decide how and when they want to remember their unborn child, while keeping it visible as a part of the family story.