Field
Completion
Category
Condition
Residue · 残存物
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14 observations · 4 cross
L01 · Lives · 1955–2011
スティーブ・ジョブズ
Posthumous ExpansionComplete observation · Source reviewed
Entrepreneur / Design / Technology
The person died. The operating system of his identity remained.
What remains
- Product philosophy
- Founder mythology
- Apple culture
- Keynote performance
- Design minimalism
Read Observation →L02 · Lives · 1883–1971
ココ・シャネル
Posthumous Brand ContinuationComplete observation · Source reviewed
Fashion / Brand / Public Identity
The woman died. The name continued to dress the world.
What remains
- The Chanel name
- Brand mythology
- The little black dress
- Chanel No. 5
- The suit
Read Observation →L03 · Lives · 1910–1998
黒澤明
Canonical AfterlifeComplete observation · Source reviewed
Film / Direction / Public Identity
The films survived. The conditions that made them possible did not.
What remains
- Films
- Auteur mythology
- Visual grammar
- International influence
- Production memory
Read Observation →L04 · Lives · 1947–2016
デヴィッド・ボウイ
Plural AfterlifeComplete observation · Source reviewed
Music / Performance / Public Identity
The person ended. The permission to become someone else remained.
What remains
- Music
- Personas
- Performance method
- Visual identity
- Reinvention
Read Observation →L05 · Lives · 1960–2020
ディエゴ・マラドーナ
Nationalized AfterlifeComplete observation · Source reviewed
Sport / Body / Public Identity
The player ended. The public body remained.
What remains
- Match footage
- National mythology
- Number 10
- Naples memory
- Working-class identification
Read Observation →L06 · Lives · 1925–1970
三島由紀夫
Final-Image DominanceComplete observation · Source reviewed
Literature / Body / Public Identity
The writer died. The final image kept rewriting the work.
What remains
- Novels
- Plays
- Essays
- Public persona
- Trained body
Read Observation →L08 · Lives · 1926 —
ポーリン・カナ — 人生は縮まなかった
Late-Life ExpansionComplete observation · Source reviewed
Late-Life Expansion
Her life did not merely continue. It continued to acquire new forms.
What remains
- Working life
- Family role
- Creative partnership
- Internet persona
- Public appearances
Read Observation →02 · Systems · 2000s–present
自動運転
DecompositionComplete observation · Source reviewed
Mobility / AI / Infrastructure
The universal product is fragmenting into bounded infrastructure.
What remains
- Driver assistance
- Robotaxis
- Remote operations
- Autonomous logistics
- Machine vision
Read Observation →05 · Systems · 1960s–2003
コンコルド
Terminated / MythologizedComplete observation · Source reviewed
Aviation / National Technology / Mobility
It proved that the future was technically possible and economically unsustainable.
What remains
- Supersonic passenger flight
- National prestige
- Aerodynamic knowledge
- Noise regulation
- Airport memory
Read Observation →06 · Systems · 2010s–present
Google Glass
Consumer Failure / Infrastructural AfterlifeComplete observation · Source reviewed
Wearable / Interface / Public Space
The visible product disappeared. The interface idea waited for another technological era.
What remains
- Hands-free computing
- Voice interaction
- First-person capture
- Industrial wearables
- Public-space privacy
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