Good MoUrning: Design for pet loss

Good MoUrning: Design for pet loss

Pang, Lin (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)

Desmet, Pieter (mentor)
van Boeijen, Annemiek (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Design for Interaction

2017-09-29

How important is the loss of a companion animal? The nub of the question is, how we understand the meaning of a companion animal in our life. Therefore, we could step in the situation of how the owners cope with the grief over losing their companion animals. This thesis concerned the most cruel but inevitable life event people would experience once they accept the role of a pet owner.

Throughout this thesis, the process of initiating the objective of the project, a holistic research phase including theoretical and contextual perspectives, and an iterative conceptualization phase will be shown in detail. As a result, a mourning ritual design initiated by a physical product was detailed and evaluated.

The project is aiming to provide a thoughtful mourning ritual for bereaved pet owners who first encounter pet loss in a better adaption. For those who may concern, hope this thesis would offer you a fresh perspective on the issue that can be easily trivialized. Otherwise, hope this thesis would motivate you to develop your own ritual in pet bereavement.

mourning
ritual
bereavement
experience
pet

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