Digital Heritage Management and Emotional Inheritance Service
This project applies a systemic design approach to reimagine how digital
legacies are managed and emotionally shared. In the digital age, our lives are
embedded in a complex network of platforms, devices, and relationships.
When a person passes away, these scattered assets—photos, messages,
documents, and online profiles—risk becoming inaccessible or lost.
The service integrates legal, technical, and emotional layers into one
platform, enabling users to categorise and secure their digital assets, define
trustees and beneficiaries, and set activation triggers. Upon a user’s passing,
the system initiates both practical and emotional processes: from account
memorialisation to personalised AI companions that guide loved ones through
remembrance and legacy handling.
These AI companions are not replicas of the deceased, but customised
narrative agents that offer comfort, prompt memory-sharing, and assist with
digital estate tasks. In collective memorial spaces, friends and family can
engage in shared rituals, contributing stories to a “memory constellation” that
grows over time.
By viewing death as a migration of consciousness into a living network of
memories, the project shifts the narrative from loss to ongoing connection.
This systemic framework addresses the interconnected needs of users,
families, communities, and platforms—ensuring digital legacies remain
meaningful and accessible.