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The Brooklyn-based design collective Thwart Design have just announced the launch of Tools for Dying, a site that parodies the modern furniture company Design Within Reach and its forthcoming Tools for Living stores. Rob Price and Kathy Park describe their project as follows:

"Five of the world's most iconic designs are interpreted with a comical twist. Whether you're lounging (forever) in the Eames Plywood Lounge Coffin or settling into the Graves urn, one can celebrate the transition to death with the right design aesthetic."

Other tools for dying include the Eames Plywood Lounge Coffin, Nelson's Funereal Flowers, Michael Graves's Urn, Corbusier's Coffin Pillow Pouf and Philippe Starck's Juicer Sickle.