Design for Emergency

AN OPEN DESIGN PLATFORM TO FACE EMERGING CHALLENGES THROUGH DESIGN

OUR GOAL

Design for Emergency is an open platform that supports the design of solutions for peopleโ€™s safety and wellbeing during the COVID-19 emergency.

OUR INITIATIVES

Collecting data

We launched a survey in 12 countries to understand peopleโ€™s needs, problems and emotions during situations of confinement.

Designing solutions

We are launching open design challenges to build solutions that address the problems highlighted by the results of the survey.

Sharing ideas

We are publishing the seed ideas submitted to the design challenge and supporting their implementation thanks to our design partners.

 

A GLOBAL PROJECT

Design for emergency is active in 12 countries in 3 continents. You can access the local projects in your local language following the links below.

 

We are working to expand this initiative to other areas. If you want to be notified when this happens, please leave your email in the form below. If you want to bring this initiative to your country, please get in touch.

 

All initiatives are open to you

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THE SURVEY

Share your experience

Take our survey and help us understand how people are dealing with home confinement and social distancing.

 
 
 

THE DATA PLATFORM

Get inspiration from data

Explore the results of the survey. Peopleโ€™s needs, problems, and emotions can inspire you to design new solutions.

 
 
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THE DESIGN CHALLENGE

Submit your idea

Submit ideas that connect, support, and entertain individuals and communities in new ways. You can participate alone or as a group.

 
 
 

SEED IDEAS

Make ideas real

Explore seed ideas on our platform, and make a real impact by turning them into actual solutions.

 
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