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Creating Art from Human Ashes

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Dutch designer Wieke Somers examines the current state of affairs in design and the notion of objects having a second-life as we, as consumers, try to decide what is necessary in the 21st century. Her project “Consume or Conserve” demonstrates how human ashes can be recycled into new items through 3D printing and rapid prototyping technology, giving that person a second life as a piece of art or some other object.

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