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Best Before

Do you find that most people around you see death as a scary subject to discuss? Do people around you think it is too early to talk about death? Best Before, a space for death awareness, is a service which provides space, activities, and tools that facilitate death discussions. People can gather as a community and exchange ideas through activities designed to make death discussion lively and enjoyable.

Do you find that most people around you see death as a scary subject to discuss?

Do people around you think it is too early to talk about death?

Does your family not allow you to talk about your funeral planning?

Do you not have a chance to talk about death even though you want to?

We are living in a world of death taboo.

In society, death is a topic that people feel uncomfortable talking about in daily life. Death usually comes together with misfortune, negative emotions, and fear, which makes people avoid mentioning it. Therefore, there is a lack of physical and mental space for death discussions. As a result, death seems to be a topic that is further away.

Should we break the taboo?

It is undeniable that we all have to face death someday. Breaking the taboo and accepting death leads to better preparation and quality of life, making us live well and die well. With 'death awareness', we can make the most of our lives with the thought in mind of our infinite being.

Interestingly, young generations tend to develop death awareness and are willing to have death discussions. For them, death is not a frightening topic but an enjoyable one.

So, why don't we have space to do the things we should do before the time comes?

In our service, we provide

Space

Activities

Tools

to facilitate death discussions.

Here, our community is open to any ideas about life and death!

See the full view of our service!

Space

We provide both physical and online space for everyone to share any thoughts about death in a comfortable environment with others in the death awareness community.

Activities

People can gather as a community and have conversation about death easier with our activities designed to develop death awareness and lively death discussions.

Introducing Life Tour!

Join us in our 4-weeks program and enjoy sets of activities with other death awareness people! Here, we gather at a physical space to express ideas and share thoughts about death that we cannot do elsewhere. The activities provide different ways to have death discussions, aiming participants to approach diversity of ideas from others, gain more knowledge and inspiration, and reflect on themselves.

Final Destination

A trip to visit life and death.

Death Space

A space for discussion and thought.

Life Lantern

A life and death guidance.

Rest in Read

A session of reading, knowledge, and analysing.

Final Curtain

A simulation for self-reflection.

Mystery Letter

A time for anonymous exchange.

Death Overture

A playlist of life compositions.

Film Reaper

A roll of recorded perspective.

The Last Supper

A feast of story sharing.
DEATH SPACE
simply gather as a small group and have conversations under different topic about death.
Hand out appreciation stickers during Death Space.
Take notes on a Life Passport to keep the experience recorded.
MYSTERY LETTER
Share your stories anonymously to others.
REST IN READ
Share your idea and analysis about books.
THE LAST SUPPER
Enjoy the meal shared by others and listen to their stories behind it.
Get back to your recorded experience on Life Passport.

Tools

Our tools help deliver the best experience during the service!

Welcome Pack

Register for the Life tour and get our welcome pack including Life Passport, Mystery Letters, Stickers, and a community pin.

With these, you are now ready to for the tour!

Life Passport

A journal to explore life and death.

Life Passport allows you to gain the best experiences from each activities through different note-taking ways on each pages. You can record inspirations and experiences to keep it remain long after the tour ends.

Fill it, give it liveliness with stickers, then keep it and read later!

Stickers

A set of labels that makes Life Passport lively.

Stickers include a sheet of stickers for decoration, and another sheet of appreciation stickers.

Mystery Letter

A letter to exchange thoughts about life and death.

These letters are a path to share intimate stories to others without judgement. Write down some stories then someone will reply back to you, both anonymously!

Community Pin

A pin for self-reminder.

The pin of expiry date label reminds you about your expiry date and mark you as a part of our death awareness community.

Application

Apart from the Life Tour, our appication provide an online space including many features that help you live with death awareness and be a part of our community.

Event

Life Tour

Register for the tour and enjoy activities with other people in physical space.

Weekly Task

Alternatively explore life and death anywhere and anytime with these suggestions.

Community

Have a space for discuss any curiosity, and see the collection of bucket lists from death awareness people.

Profile

Keep your experiences with us recorded, including bucket lists, achievements and friends from the community.

With these, everyone can

Have a death awareness

Have a space to discuss in a comfortable environment

Get to know more information and idea about death

Have a community of like-minded people

Get inspired to make the most of their life

Break the death taboo!

So, let's start discussing death now, before it's too late!

Project by
Smon Virabutr
Project Advisor
Mat Ranson
Technical advisor
Vicharn Srivanaluk
Video Production
Director
Smon Virabutr
Assistant Director
Nattapatr Senavattanagul
Production Manager
Supanat Vichienpattayakom
Director of Photography
Teeraphat Thirawat
Gaffer
Prach Charoenkitsupat
1st Assistant Camera
Atidtha Bagus Prijosoesilo
Grip
Nuttakit Suttipong
Moke Chuepakdee
MUA and stylist
Sirapat Amartayavis
Art Department
Montrai Towandejsiri
Saiisra Thanavisuth
Yanin Chanasit
Sirapat Amartayavis
Kantawatchr Chaiprabha
Cast
Thanadol Kulkosa
Nachanok Leevutinun
Pornthawat Thammontree
Ingfa Muadthong
Monrada Umpornsithikul
Pontakorn Pornprasertsuk
Kantawatchr Chaiprabha
Behind the Scene
Khwanchanok Chatsrirung
Voice-over
Sirapat Amartayavis
Editor
Smon Virabutr
Colorist
Smon Virabutr
Sound Producer
Nattapatr Senavattanagul
Special Thanks
Ajarn Mat Studio Friends
Yada Ponpittayalert
Satawat Tunyalukmara
Chayanun Uswadisayanggoon
Special Support
Pornthawat Thammontree
Nattha Na Nakorn
Nattapatr Senavattanagul
Yanin Chanasit
Sirapat Amartayavis
Montrai Towandejsiri
Educational Support
Khun Ekkapop from Peaceful Death
Khun Pinchada from Baojai Family
Khun Surasa from Cheevamitr
Assoc. Prof. Pavika Sriratanaban