Interactivity : What’s in an Obituary?

Our first speculative design project for Major Studio INTERACTIVITY is based on the information provided by the everyday obituary.  We could choose to focus on all obituaries or just on obituaries from a certain newspaper, city, or state.  The design should focus on visualizing the information to show something new.

Here is an initial list of data featured in the obituaries that can be mapped:

• name
• age
• current city of residence/death
• date of death
• date of birth
• city of birth
• mother’s name and if still alive
• father’s name and if still alive
•  high school
• university
• occupation
• siblings
• children
• grandchildren
• neices & nephews
• funeral details
• memorial funds