Cemeteries sit far from daily life. Funerals always happen fast. Death is kept away from our cities, our conversations and our forever-young society.

Mourning used to take time: days spent watching over the body at home, up to two years in Victorian Europe. Today, grief is expected to fit in a few days, and sadness to stay out of sight. So this memorial seat dares to invite itself into our homes.

Designed as a functional piece bringing commemoration home, it is meant to trigger a conversation, joyful nostalgia, or just a smile. By sitting down on this stool for a brief moment, memory becomes tangible again, felt by no one but you.

The mark this seat leaves can be read in several ways. A quiet reminder that nothing lasts forever, not even the pain of loss. Or proof that love doesn’t end: it only changes shape.

There is also something more down to earth, felt exactly where you sit: grief, quite literally, as a pain in the ass.

The original idea and drawing for this stool came from Raphaëlle Bosmans, interior architect and designer based in Brussels, whose practice is deeply rooted in working with wood, exploring the dialogue between craftsmanship, material experimentation, and construction. Together, we brought it to life.