Design of Remembrance is an original artistic method focused on the meaningful and tangible preservation of personal experiences. It brings together the emotional traces of journeys and events with visual and tactile forms such as travel journals, postcards, sketches, collages, and object compositions.

The method is rooted in the natural human impulse to keep memories through small “artifacts” — notes, tickets, wrappers, photos, sketches, receipts. These items are often stored chaotically or lose their meaning over time. The goal of the Design of Remembrance is to transform this visual and emotional clutter into a coherent story.

The method includes:

• Mnemonic keys — personal visual or textual markers that trigger memories;
• Sketching and hand-drawing techniques;
• Design tools for creating unique travel books and postcards;
• Structuring of visual and textual material (composition, combinations, points of focus).

Design of Remembrance is not only a method of preserving the past, but also a practice of perceiving the present through traces, fragments, and material attention. It encourages the creation of personal travel books, postcards, mnemonic objects, and handcrafted narratives capable of preserving the atmosphere and texture of lived experience.

The method has been explored through workshops and collaborative practices in which participants create their own travel stories, memory structures, and tangible keepsakes using collected artifacts, sketches, and personal mnemonic systems.

We have conducted a workshop dedicated to the practical application of this method, guiding participants through the techniques of Design of Remembrance to create their own meaningful travel stories and handcrafted keepsakes.