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Student project

In between solace and grief

Designer
Verónica Godinho Magalhães
Education
Master
Subject area
Communication Design
Focus area
Design for People
Year
2026
Collaboration partners
Young adults with lived experience of parent loss, grief researchers, bereavement professionals, and workshop participants.
Background
A living archive of grief stories, memories, and visual expressions following parent loss in young adulthood.

In between solace and grief

This book brings together stories, diary entries, photographs, objects, interviews, workshop contributions, and visual expressions from twelve young adults, it reflects the many ways grief can shape a life. Organized around themes that emerged from participants’ experiences, the archive explores memory, loneliness, identity, time, and change, revealing grief as personal, evolving, and often contradictory. Rather than offering answers, it creates space for reflection and connection through the lived experiences of others.