Memorial Capsule
Memorial Capsule Pet Urn by Paul Heredia and Hiromi Komiyama is a winner of the 2026 Bronze A' Design Award in Idea and Conceptual Design.
Memorial Capsule is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
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This biodegradable pet urn is designed to provide a gentle and continuous farewell. Inspired by Japanese home memorial traditions and natural burials, it offers a sustainable way to honor life. The two-part structure with a threaded lid secures ashes for display or burial, while a small charm remains with the owner as a keepsake. Crafted from bioplastic with powdered oyster shells, the urn naturally returns to the earth. Its matte finish and soft contours invite touch, offering comfort and rituals during grief.
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Memorial Capsule by Paul Heredia and Hiromi Komiyama
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Pet Urn
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Idea and Conceptual Design Award Winner in 2026.
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Memorial Capsule Pet Urn
Memorial Capsule is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Memorial Capsule is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Memorial Capsule splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Winner Designer
Paul Heredia and Hiromi Komiyama
Heredia Komiyama is a firm dedicated to creating value through design, with a primary focus on product development. Its practice is defined by breaking down boundaries between disciplines, seamlessly connecting product design, architecture, interior design, and brand identity. Founded in 2014 by Paul Heredia and Hiromi Komiyama, the firm operates out of Madrid, Spain and Hiroshima, Japan. Heredia Komiyama has received international design recognition and works in collaboration with manufacturers, institutions, and craft-based industries. Through its projects, the firm develops products and environments that respond to contemporary cultural and industrial contexts.
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Dainichido Inc.
Dainichido Inc. is the company behind "An," a pet lifestyle brand built on the concept of "More Moments of Connection." The brand is dedicated to enriching the lives of pets and their owners through products that foster bonding, comfort, and care. With a focus on thoughtful design and sustainability, "An" offers items that support daily life as well as meaningful rituals, making the companionship of pets more fulfilling.
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