Swedish death cleaning – MarketWatch

We were invited by MarketWatch to illustrate and animate the episode “Need to declutter? Try Swedish death cleaning” from the Best New Ideas in Money podcast.

We rarely think about it when we open our wallets, but everything we buy is rubbish. And if what we own solidifies our place in society and we have the urge to give our belongings to the next generation, that makes it very difficult to get rid of things. But what if the next generation doesn’t want these objects? What if, in addition to grief, they have to deal with a house full of things that have nowhere to go? And this is where the art of Swedish death cleaning comes in. No, it’s not morbid, it’s something practical and quite useful.