Which Coffin Do You Like the Best?

I recently began hunting for some out of the ordinary coffins, and found some absolute gems. Most of these were discovered on the site www.oddee.com, which has some other pretty interesting articles.

One of my favourites was the capsula mundi:

Your body rests in a fetal position, while the coffin is planted in the ground like a bulb. The materials are all biodegradable and when you put a bunch of them together, you get a beautiful grove of citrus plants! These are becoming quite popular in Europe and I certainly wouldn't mind being buried in one.
  This chicken coffin was arguably the most unique I came across:

There was no description for who this was created for, however it was identified as being made somewhere in Ghana, and I dearly hope they knew about it beforehand...

I did start to notice that most of these bizarre coffins coming up were made in Ghana, and apparently their coffin builders are famous for it! Specifically, these elaborate "fantasy coffins" which are found in the Ga tribe in Ghana. They view death as a time for celebration, which is reflected in their craftsmanship. Other coffins included cameras, airplanes, coca-cola bottles and hammers.

This is also a favourite. Unfortunately couldn't find a description for this one either.

Yes, this is a corkscrew.

I then stumbled across a company based in Australia who create "designer" coffins (www.lifeart.com.au). The description makes it sound as though they were designed by famous fashion designers, but they're essentially just personalized. You can choose the picture to adorn your coffin, include a saying or phrase, there's a DIY version which everyone can decorate with markers and paint (this doesn't sound incredibly appropriate for craft-time with the little ones, but it would be heartfelt). On their website you can also design your personal bucket list, which hopefully you focus on more than the design of your coffin...

To brighten up your resting place

All of the coffins I came across were a bit flashy for my taste, and would still like to be cremated, however it would be rather amusing to have a giant chicken coffin-just to wonder what future archaeologists would assume from it.