Cremation is becoming an increasingly common ... designer and woodworker created a collection of “planturns”—urns that double as planters—to fill a gap in the market.

Enter Boyce’s Planturn, a modern, minimal and decorative cremation urn ($250-$600) composed of two pieces of wood and topped with a living plant. While many urns are vase-shaped, Boyce’s urns ...

(Cremation is now more common than burial ... has enlisted fine artists to imagine cinerary urns that double as art objects. One series, by the Milan-based duo Diego Perrone and Andrea Sala ...

An American company called Cremation Solutions is offering commemorative urns shaped like the severed heads of deceased loved ones. The Vemont-based company, which specialises in memorial events ...