Moth Design for Life & Death: Afterlives Festival 2026. May - June 2026

Salkeld, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2626-965X and Rudolph, Ashley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9666-9099 (2026) Moth Design for Life & Death: Afterlives Festival 2026. May - June 2026. [Project]

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Abstract / Summary

What if we had a shared visual language for death, grief and dying — a set of symbols that could say the things words sometimes can’t?

Symbols of Death is a thought-provoking exhibition by MOTH Design for Life & Death, a creative initiative exploring how graphic design can help us navigate end-of-life experiences. Vinyl artworks adorned the library windows throughout the festival, and visitors to Exeter Library were able to join a free hands-on workshop to explore the project further.

Moth has been designing and collating a graphic system of symbols to create meaningful and applied visual language to express death,
dying and grief.

To question the macro; the collective vastness of the universality of death, alongside the micro; the intimate uniqueness of a single life, that is lived and lost.

To engage with personal values and develop a death-positive attitude, for when the inevitable event that we plan for least comes to visit us.

Newcastle City Library, Exeter Library and Redbridge Central Library
Afterlives Exeter: Public Event: Lecture and Workshop & Exhibition
Afterlives Newcastle City Library and Redbridge Central Library: Exhibition
May and June 2026, supported by Arts Council England.

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