RxƠ > lien
A Design Fiction on the Future
of End-of-Life Care

 illustration – artistic direction – mediation

RxƠ > lien
A Design Fiction on the Future
of End-of-Life Care

Date
2019

Client
– Okoni

Role
– artistic direction
– illustration
– mediation

 

First page of the comic book with context explanation: We are in the year 2050.

As part of a speculative design project, we explored weak signals in the healthcare sector to identify emerging tensions around medical ethics, rare disease therapies, and end-of-life care. These insights served as the foundation for a design fiction imagining the future of healthcare in 2050.

A visual portrayal of an old woman carrying on with her everyday life, trying to forget the death of her companion.

The result is RxƠ, a graphic narrative in the form of a comic book. It follows Johan, a woman facing the death of her husband. In the wake of her grief, she begins to question her own future, and the possibility of immortality in a world where death is no longer inevitable.

This speculative comic also explores new therapeutic approaches to rare diseases, raising questions around medical innovation, the future of medicine, and the limits of human life. Through storytelling and illustration, we invite the audience to reflect on what it means to live, heal, and choose when, or whether, to die.

A double-page spread from the comic showing the physical and mental preparation required to join the Eternal Life Camp.

A two-page comic exploring the emotions of the elderly woman and the moments she looks back on.

Double-page illustration highlighting the futuristic retirement home and the journey beyond.

The project was co-written and conceptualized with Maylis Faye, and combines visual storytelling, design ethics, and future healthcare narratives into a unique piece of speculative design.

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