Josh Hailey’s Custom Memorial Artwork Places Memories in Daily Life
Josh Hailey is a versatile artist based in New Orleans, LA, who creates memorial artwork for his clients constructed from the photographs of their lives. The love for his...
Batesville’s Massive Technology Revamp Just Made Your Job Way Easier
Next week at NFDA, Batesville Casket Company will unveil their new unified funeral home resource merging their web-platform, Meaningful Selections, and their new consumer-facing app called Bridges. The days...
Learn the 2 Best Adhesives to Seal Ceramic Urns FOREVER
When I entered the funeral industry a few years back as a product manufacturer with an art education I took note of an odd question that funeral directors repeatedly asked...
Learn How Passages International Paved an Unexpected Green Path in Funeral Care
Passages International founded by Darren Crouch has paved an unexpected environmentally-conscious path in the change-averse funeral industry. The company began almost 20 years ago, in 1999, before the term "Global Warming"...
Theme Park Launches Coffin Contest to Celebrate 30-years of Mortal Fear
Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, MO, is celebrating its 30th year of Fright Fest with a death-related contest that funeral directors might be uniquely qualified to win. On October 13th...
“Ready to Embalm Laws” are Costing Your Families a Staggering Amount. See Where Your State Stands…
This article distills an immense amount of research compiled by David E. Harrington and Jaret Treber in their jaw-dropping essay for the Wake Forest Journal of Law &...
Watch 2 Chainz Review Memorial Diamonds and the Legendary Dildo Urn
American rapper 2 Chainz recently reviewed memorialization products on the show MOST EXPENSIVEST. The format is simple, 2 Chainz sits down with creatives, inventors, and owners of some of...
This Radical Proposal Uses Alkaline Hydrolysis Water to Stain London Blue
Western culture tends to have a distant relationship with death and mortality and Sam Coulton, an architecture masters student at Bartlett School of Architecture, wants to usher in a...
See How This Experience-focused Urn Projects a Profound Sense of Presence
Over the last decade, the funeral industry has become lost on the path of merchandise and distribution. As most industries were increasing the quality of products, refining user experience,...
In 17 Years, De-churching Millennials Will Rock the Funeral Industry…The Stats Are Shocking
I am 30 years old. There are 10 weddings on my radar right now (weddings that already happened and are about to) and about half are being officiated by...