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Cafe Mortel | Funeral Design Studio

We are an event production studio reimagining funeral and memorial experiences. We create bespoke ceremonies that challenge traditional narratives around mortality through the beauty of art.

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We believe that confronting mortality—our own and others'—reveals profound meaning and transforms how we live.

Through art and intentional design, we create ceremonies that honor the full spectrum of human experience, turning grief into celebration and memory into legacy.

Your funeral could be a trip to Tuscany, a jazz concert, or a hot air balloon ride at sunset. Perhaps it's a fashion exhibition showcasing your personal style, or an intimate dinner featuring your grandmother's recipes. These aren't just ceremonies—they're the final chapter of your unique story, told with the beauty and creativity you deserve.

Your deathstyle deserves the same reverence as your lifestyle.

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Memorial Services

 

Honoring those who have already passed with bespoke ceremonies that truly celebrate their life—from a symphony to meaningful gatherings, we create farewells that genuinely reflect who they were—not generic formulas. This is about joyful remembrance and true catharsis for those who remain.

​Pre-Planning Services

Design your own farewell roadmap while you're living. Plan a funeral as unique as your life—a fashion show, Michelin star dinner, film screening, or Amazon expedition. Choose whether to materialize it as a living funeral rehearsal or simply let it be your final farewell. Why wait for death to celebrate who you are?

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Living Funeral

Your own farewell while you're alive. Whether as a birthday celebration, life transition ritual, or simply to satisfy curiosity about your own mortality, we create immersive experiences that let you witness how you'll be remembered. A radical way to gain perspective on both death and life.​

What would your funeral be like?

Take our quiz.

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Each week, we deliver a digital memento mori—a gentle reminder about mortality that sparks intentional living. From reimagining our relationship with death, funeral experiences to designing meaningful legacies, precious objects that outlive us to contemporary death culture.

 

A curated exploration of living and dying with meaning.

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