LACRIMENTO | DESIGNING FOR GRIEF
by Alejandra Oyarzo
Alejandra Oyarzo
Alejandra is an Industrial designer from the University of Chile. Researcher and product designer, She worked in the emotional design project Lacrimento, as well as in the biodesign projects NeuroLAB INCA, Chile and REDDO Biodesign Chile. She has developed science communication initiatives since her participation in the iGEM Foundation competition in 2017 and is currently part of the staff for the foundation's Latin American and global program.
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Email: alejandra [at] igem [dot] org
Lacrimento is an experiential proposal that seeks to materialize the sadness experienced during grief through the generation of a significant memory.
Lacrimento is an object that acts as a container for a saline solution capable of crystallizing naturally and generating a "precious stone" that acts as a memento and is created by the user. The experience is lived through a product simultaneously with the grieving experience.
It is then, an experimental project that allows obtaining a long-lasting crystal, a symbol of the transformation of pain into acceptance and continuation of life, which can be kept, used as a jewel or discarded when its objective has been fulfilled.
The project is part of the following article: https://doi.org/10.46840/ec.2022.17.a6
Artists: Alejandra Oyarzo; Ruben Jacob, Universidad de Chile, Chile. Guide teacher.
