Memorial Capsule Función principal: Urna para mascotas de Paul Heredia and Hiromi Komiyama

O deseño Memorial Capsule Función principal: Urna para mascotas de Paul Heredia and Hiromi Komiyama é un estimado gañador do moi prestixioso 2026 A' Design Award de Bronce na Categoría de Competición Deseño de Ideas e Conceptos.

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Memorial Capsule Función principal: Urna para mascotas

de Paul Heredia and Hiromi Komiyama

Cliente: Dainichido Inc.

Gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce na Categoría Idea

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O Deseño

Sobre Memorial Capsule Función principal: Urna para mascotas

Texto do libro: Esta urna biodegradable para mascotas está deseñada para ofrecer unha despedida delicada e continua. Inspirada nas tradicións conmemorativas domésticas xaponesas e nos enterros naturais, ofrece unha maneira sostible de honrar a vida. A estrutura de dúas pezas cunha tapa roscada garda as cinzas para exhibición ou enterro, mentres que un pequeno amuleto permanece co propietario como recordo. Elaborada con bioplástico e cunchas de ostra en po, a urna volve naturalmente á terra. O seu acabado mate e os seus contornos suaves invitan ao tacto, ofrecendo consolo e rituais durante o loito.

O Recoñecemento

Sobre o A' Design Award de Bronce

Memorial Capsule Función principal: Urna para mascotas gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Memorial Capsule Función principal: Urna para mascotas sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Memorial Capsule Función principal: Urna para mascotas satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

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Propiedades Únicas: This product is a biodegradable urn supporting grieving pet owners through a gentle, continuous farewell. Inspired by Japanese home memorials and natural burials, it offers an intimate, sustainable way to honor life. A two-part structure with threaded lid keeps ashes secure while allowing burial with the urn; a small charm stays with the owner. Made from bioplastic with powdered oyster shells, it naturally biodegrades. Warm matte texture and soft contours invite touch, easing grief.
Dimensións e Embalaxe: Urn dimensions Diameter 120 x H195 mm, capacity approximately 950 cc. Total weight (urn and charm) approximately 420 g. Charm size varies by design. Made from ECOSHELL (bioplastic with powdered oyster shells), charm crafted in silver, copper, and gold alloy. Two-part body with threaded lid ensures stability and prevents accidental spillage. Matte finish and soft contours enhance tactile comfort. Packaging for urn: W170 x H246 x D140 mm, for charm: W80 x H80 x D35 mm.
Etiquetas: pet urn, pet memorial, biodegradable urn, grief care, eco-friendly design, sustainable product, natural burial, oyster shell bioplastic, home memorial, tactile design
Tecnoloxía de Produción: This urn is made from ECOSHELL, a biodegradable material created by blending finely crushed oyster shells into a biomass-based resin. Its lid and base are joined with a precisely engineered screw thread, ensuring the contents remain secure even if the urn is tipped over, an advantage over conventional urns. A small charm, crafted from an alloy of silver, copper, and gold, remains with the owner as a keepsake. The urn itself has a warm matte texture and soft contours, inviting touch, fostering new rituals, and easing the pain of loss.
Reto de Deseño: The main challenge was designing an urn that fosters emotional healing while redefining traditional perceptions of memorialization. We overcame difficulties in translating intangible emotions into tangible design features, integrating Japanese home memorial traditions with natural burial practices. External limits included sourcing and molding a biodegradable yet durable material, and ensuring a secure screw-top structure without sacrificing warmth and tactility.
Investigación: This qualitative design research identified a lack of meaningful mourning rituals for bereaved pet owners. Through literature review, cultural analysis, and interviews, we examined emotional changes, recovery processes, and posthumous communication with pets. Insights informed the form, structure, and materials, designing not only a physical urn but also a process that naturally supports emotional healing through use.
Inspiración: The design was inspired by the emotional gap many pet owners face after loss: the absence of meaningful mourning rituals. Drawing on Japanese customs of keeping ashes at home and the emerging practice of natural burials, it enables a continuous, personal farewell from collection to burial. Insights from grief care research and dialogues with bereaved owners shaped the structure, materials, and tactile qualities, offering a nature-connected and emotionally supportive alternative to traditional urns.
Duración do Proxecto: The project commenced in October 2022 in Hiroshima, Japan, where planning and development took place, and the design was completed in June 2023. Released in March 2025, it continues to be available.
Fluxo de Operacións: After cremation, the pet’s ashes are placed into the urn and taken home. It can be kept nearby for home memorialization, with the charm attached as a daily reminder. Owners can hold, stroke, or speak to it as they would in life, offering comfort and time for grieving. When ready, the ashes and urn can be buried to return to nature, while the charm is removed and kept close as a lasting keepsake.
Patentes: Pending Patent Application No. 2024-125606, DAINICHIDO Inc., Japan
Trademark (2024) DAINICHIDO Inc., Japan
Membros do Equipo: Designer : Paul Heredia
Designer : Hiromi Komiyama
Créditos das Imaxes: Image #1: Photographer Tatsuya Tabii, 2024.
Image #2: Photographer Tatsuya Tabii, 2024.
Image #3: Photographer Tatsuya Tabii, 2024.
Image #4: Photographer Tatsuya Tabii, 2024.
Image #5: Photographer Tatsuya Tabii, 2024.