Morii

Memories live in shared recipes and crowded dinner tables, but those fleeting experiences can fade. Morii asks how food can help preserve both the moment and the people who made it meaningful.

Our 138 survey responses revealed a tension: participants often ate with family five or more times a week and rated family closeness highly, averaging 7.64/10, yet described generational divides rooted in differing values.

Respondents wanted other generations to understand their histories and struggles. Food emerged as a bridge, even when deeper conversations felt difficult.

Morii combines memento mori with the Japanese torii gate: an identity built around the desire to capture a fleeting experience. The gate remains central to the visual language.

We designed a food-centered scrapbook where people capture photographs, add notes, and preserve the stories surrounding a meal.

The high-fidelity model walks through creating a scrapbook and showcases accessibility features. The emphasis is on an engaging, approachable experience for different generations.

The delivered high-fidelity model makes the proposed scrapbook journey tangible. It explores reconnecting with parents and grandparents through food rather than asking everyone to communicate in the same way.

The survey informed the direction; it does not establish that the prototype has already improved intergenerational relationships.