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Designer-Created Bespoke Gravestones

'Over My Dead Body' Offers Custom Gravestones to Clients

— November 5, 2018 — Art & Design
While most people are content with basic or simple headstones, the design studio Smorgasbord is allowing people to create their perfect gravestone through its 'Over My Dead Body' program. Inspired after a walk through Paris' famed Père Lachaise Cemetery, this new program aims to create custom memorials that hearken back to an era of elaborate mausoleums. At the same time, the Over My Dead Body program looks to cash in on the social media era in which appearances and perception are everything.

In order to create these custom gravestones, Over My Dead Body will connect customers with the right artist or design studios. From there, both the client and the artist will work closely to conceive and eventually create a something that will immortalize their legacy.
Trend Themes
1. Custom Gravestones - The trend of creating custom gravestones allows individuals to personalize their final resting place, offering opportunities for design studios and artists to provide unique and meaningful memorial options.
2. Nostalgic Memorials - The trend of hearkening back to an era of elaborate mausoleums and gravestones provides opportunities for designers to create intricate and visually stunning memorials.
3. Social Media-inspired Memorials - The trend of cashing in on the social media era by creating visually appealing and shareable memorials opens up opportunities for businesses to offer personalized memorial options that cater to the desire for online representation and perception.
Industry Implications
1. Design Studios - Design studios can capitalize on the trend of creating custom gravestones by offering their expertise in creating unique and personalized memorials.
2. Artists/art Studios - Artists and art studios can collaborate with clients to design and create visually stunning gravestones that hearken back to an era of elaborate and ornate memorials.
3. Funeral Services - The funeral industry can explore the trend of social media-inspired memorials by offering personalized memorial options that cater to clients' desire for a visually impactful online presence.
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