Comments on: COFFIN SHELVES: ww.modcom’s Shelves For Life http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 18 May 2013 14:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: grammyligon http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-248518 grammyligon Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:08:53 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-248518 Are you kidding me!! If a person has an insurance policy, why would you want this instead of something nice! The deceased can't take the insurance money with them so why not give them a decent burial? I think this is a very cheap looking way to bury someone and who would want to look at these shelves everyday in their home???? My husband laughed when he saw the pics & is still laughing. Plywood covered with oak veneer....give me a break! Are you kidding me!! If a person has an insurance policy, why would you want this instead of something nice! The deceased can’t take the insurance money with them so why not give them a decent burial? I think this is a very cheap looking way to bury someone and who would want to look at these shelves everyday in their home???? My husband laughed when he saw the pics & is still laughing. Plywood covered with oak veneer….give me a break!

]]> By: Zoe http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-65582 Zoe Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:48:39 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-65582 Where can you get order one of these from???? Where can you get order one of these from????

]]> By: M. P. Garrett http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-44391 M. P. Garrett Tue, 01 May 2007 21:34:37 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-44391 Even in life we are in the midst of death. As clergy and daily faced with the tragedy of helping families deal with the details left by people who lived in constant denial of their own mortality I think this is a gentle, whimsical way for people to engage with the fact that none of us get out of this world alive. Our ancestors were much more honest about keeping mortality in view. The memento mori was a part of the fabric of society and people’s lives. Even Roman Emperors, as they rode victorious through the streets, would have a slave behind them whispering “memento mori”. Perhaps if we all kept our own death in front of us we would be less willing to tolerate what hastens that for ourselves and for others as well! P.S. I think it looks great as furniture and just fine as a biodegradable corpse keeper! Even in life we are in the midst of death. As clergy and daily faced with the tragedy of helping families deal with the details left by people who lived in constant denial of their own mortality I think this is a gentle, whimsical way for people to engage with the fact that none of us get out of this world alive. Our ancestors were much more honest about keeping mortality in view. The memento mori was a part of the fabric of society and people’s lives. Even Roman Emperors, as they rode victorious through the streets, would have a slave behind them whispering “memento mori”. Perhaps if we all kept our own death in front of us we would be less willing to tolerate what hastens that for ourselves and for others as well!
P.S. I think it looks great as furniture and just fine as a biodegradable corpse keeper!

]]> By: edw.a.roth http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-41710 edw.a.roth Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:47:34 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-41710 I gleefully hope they sell as many as those who work for the company that designed them. I gleefully hope they sell as many as those who work for the company that designed them.

]]> By: Hans Rademaker http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-40543 Hans Rademaker Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:18:50 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-40543 It is a very good idea and William Warrens bookshelve may even reach a larger public than my own design which was mainly designed for starting up a discussion about death as a part of life. It is a very good idea and William Warrens bookshelve may even reach a larger public than my own design which was mainly designed for starting up a discussion about death as a part of life.

]]> By: Maggie Wang Kenobi » Blog Archive » Ya, ya, superya, que yastán aquí http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-40179 Maggie Wang Kenobi » Blog Archive » Ya, ya, superya, que yastán aquí Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:15:54 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-40179 [...] pronto, macuerdo que también he incluido en esa lista de nisetocurra la estantería para la vida Shelves for Life. No niego que sea megaútil, que pa cuando te mueras ya no te hará falta más y podrás usarla de [...] [...] pronto, macuerdo que también he incluido en esa lista de nisetocurra la estantería para la vida Shelves for Life. No niego que sea megaútil, que pa cuando te mueras ya no te hará falta más y podrás usarla de [...]

]]> By: lorne http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-37875 lorne Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:53:32 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-37875 Im training to be a counsellor and also doing a bereavement course and i said to everyone that i wanted a bookshelve that could turn into a coffin and they were cracking up! i reckon its great and I WANT ONE!!! Im training to be a counsellor and also doing a bereavement course and i said to everyone that i wanted a bookshelve that could turn into a coffin and they were cracking up! i reckon its great and I WANT ONE!!!

]]> By: Renske http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30880 Renske Sat, 06 Jan 2007 06:18:23 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-30880 i have to ask. why would you care what ur buried in? ur dead! i have to ask. why would you care what ur buried in? ur dead!

]]> By: Matt http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30340 Matt Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:14:15 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-30340 dual purpose items are cool but why a coffin/bookshelf?!?!? dual purpose items are cool
but why a coffin/bookshelf?!?!?

]]> By: Reese http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-29250 Reese Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:49:50 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-29250 Coffin/bookshelf? good idea, but do you really want to be buried in a coffin that.. poorly built? i think the human brain can think of a little better dual-purpose, everyday items. Coffin/bookshelf? good idea, but do you really want to be buried in a coffin that.. poorly built?
i think the human brain can think of a little better dual-purpose, everyday items.

]]> By: Pedro DePacos http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-28889 Pedro DePacos Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:24:13 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-28889 Can I get this at IKEA? Can I get this at IKEA?

]]> By: Christopher http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-28829 Christopher Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:34:50 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-28829 hahaha...I'm gonna send this to my friend who is a mortician...He'll LOVE it!!! hahaha…I’m gonna send this to my friend who is a mortician…He’ll LOVE it!!!

]]> By: Brittany http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-28802 Brittany Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:38:40 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-28802 Thats a crappy coffin i'd hate to be buried in that. nice bookshelf tho. Thats a crappy coffin i’d hate to be buried in that. nice bookshelf tho.

]]> By: John http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-28742 John Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:25:51 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-28742 Everything we own should have dual purposes... a bookshelf/coffin, a coffeemaker/transfusion device, a remote control that cuts your hair...the list is endless. But just for kicks, why don't we use our innovative brains to solve real problems like disease and hunger? But yeah the bookshelf is cool though... Everything we own should have dual purposes… a bookshelf/coffin, a coffeemaker/transfusion device, a remote control that cuts your hair…the list is endless. But just for kicks, why don’t we use our innovative brains to solve real problems like disease and hunger? But yeah the bookshelf is cool though…

]]> By: shelby http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-28737 shelby Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:44:52 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-28737 i love it. we're always reminded that we're going to die. theres no way that we cant be. and i think that if we're going to waste wood on a bookshelf thats just going to end up in the trash heap once were done with it, well.. we shouldnt let it go to waste :] i want one. i love it. we’re always reminded that we’re going to die. theres no way that we cant be.
and i think that if we’re going to waste wood on a bookshelf thats just going to end up in the trash heap once were done with it, well.. we shouldnt let it go to waste

:] i want one.

]]> By: dan http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-28734 dan Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:31:12 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-28734 personaly i think its a stupid idea, no one wants to be reminded there gonna die, much less, see it everymoring, hey i want a book, and oh yeah, im gonna be dead in that thing one day personaly i think its a stupid idea, no one wants to be reminded there gonna die, much less, see it everymoring, hey i want a book, and oh yeah, im gonna be dead in that thing one day

]]> By: fogfish http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7465 fogfish Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:30:43 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-7465 When your books are good and tired, or you're ready to move. Into the coffin they go! When your books are good and tired, or you’re ready to move. Into the coffin they go!

]]> By: green LA girl » Clicklist: Death in a bookshelf http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7412 green LA girl » Clicklist: Death in a bookshelf Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:49:49 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/24/wwmodcons%e2%80%99-shelves-for-life/#comment-7412 [...] A bookshelf that turns into a coffin for when you’re, um, done with the bookshelf. Sort of a cool idea — reading books as a metaphor for death? [...] [...] A bookshelf that turns into a coffin for when you’re, um, done with the bookshelf. Sort of a cool idea — reading books as a metaphor for death? [...]

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