The Happy Jour­ney Col­lec­tive is recently launched project from a num­ber of tal­ented artists and illus­tra­tors. the idea being that you design your own cof­fin. It could be con­sid­ered mor­bid, but the con­cept has really pro­duced some great results.

The Happy Jour­ney Col­lec­tive was con­ceived via Twit­ter, dur­ing a con­ver­sa­tion between Thereza Rowe, Les­ley Barnes, and Abi­gail Daker, after Thereza had tweeted about a site where you could cus­tomize your own cof­fin. From there, the idea grew, and the Happy Jour­ney was formed.

See­ing the con­cep­tion of this project and all the excit­ing illus­tra­tions it’s pro­duc­ing is a lot of fun. There is vari­ety amongst the illus­tra­tors — col­lage, paint­ing, draw­ing, vec­tor graph­ics — you can see it on the Happy Jour­ney! Also, you can get involved as well. They are accept­ing sub­mis­sions and have a Flickr group ded­i­cated to the project. I’d rec­om­mend you to check it out and be apart of some­thing that is already really great!

Illus­tra­tors, from top to bot­tom: Colour­box // Jo Che­ung // Kate Slater // Les­ley Barnes // Thereza Rowe