Emergency Design Collective

We are doctors, designers, product managers, and academics working on human-centered responses for our hospitals, our homes, and our communities.

[Emergency Design Collective @EmergDesign]

Just in time for tomorrow, presenting the EDC safe voting guide. https://t.co/Oqai5Zh3FZ

For the most important election on health we have to also protect our health and those of our fellow voters. Here’s 5 steps you can take if you’re voting in person. #vote

[Nick Dawson @nickdawson]

how might we prioritize health in all things for all people in?

Excited to join @EmergDesign board member @dennisjboyle & health design rockstar @monikaawittig on 12/3 for @StanfordMedX 1p PT to talk about designing for a new normal
Join us! https://t.co/0Wta36ADcH #medx

[Vicky Pridgen @vickypridgen]

🗳 @EmergDesign wants to hear your thoughts on voting + staying safe this election.

💬 Share your input + become eligible to participate in a design research project to uncover opportunities to ensure safe elections during #COVID19.

👉 Take the survey: https://t.co/Rk1VEUHnzr

[Josh Feler @jrfeler]

The reclamation of streets for vulnerable road users is critical for safety. Communities should be asking, which corridors can be kept clear of cars after reopening? https://t.co/t3gtTimJ3X

[Emergency Design Collective @EmergDesign]

We Must Ensure Safe and Reliable Elections for All Americans. Join us as we design and implement a safe voting experience.
https://t.co/ZgMiSFs1I5

[Ellen Lupton @ellenLupton]

Today, on the final session of Designing on the Front Lines, Natasha Margot Blum will talk about death, dying, and Covid-19. Join Natasha and other speakers at 5pm EST, Fri July 31. Register: https://t.co/CnuKGqhGY0 @EmergDesign @cooperhewitt

[Emergency Design Collective @EmergDesign]

Help inspire and propel our grand challenge!

Solving for virtual or in-person schools this fall is urgent and deeply complex. The roles schools play span education, food, health, and more.

What have you read? Have ideas? Share with EDC designers here https://t.co/STSJsWCCRI

[Emergency Design Collective @EmergDesign]

School is bigger than education alone. It's also child development, support for working parents, & food security. Today, we're launching a grand challenge:

How might we help students, teachers, & parents stay healthy, safe in the pandemic? Read & Join: https://t.co/ToApqAyLUJ]

[Emergency Design Collective @EmergDesign]

EDC advisor and master designer Kim Erwin gives a wonderful interview on design, communication, and her help standing up the EDC - a great listen! https://t.co/gXWjsFBWRG

[Emergency Design Collective @EmergDesign]

thanks @cnn for featuring the EDC! 10 breathable face masks to protect you while exercising https://t.co/ZiONdMDvaF

[Emergency Design Collective @EmergDesign]

An EDC team has been doing a deep dive on understanding how the pandemic is affecting our mental health. The stories and insights they share here put language to the feelings of so many of us.

[Janaki @janakivivrekar]

Over the past few months, our team @EmergDesign conducted over 20 in-depth interviews and crystallized insights about mental health during #COVID19.

Check out my newest article sharing 6 stories, 3 insights, and 3 opportunities ⬇️

https://t.co/WFN420QrjI

[Janaki @janakivivrekar]

Over the past few months, our team @EmergDesign conducted over 20 in-depth interviews and crystallized insights about mental health during #COVID19.

Check out my newest article sharing 6 stories, 3 insights, and 3 opportunities ⬇️

https://t.co/WFN420QrjI

[Nick Dawson @nickdawson]

Also in this @politico piece: “this crisis presents an opportunity to address a long-simmering problem: how to reimagine end-of-life plans and conversations” —@davidjanka (an @EmergDesign member) https://t.co/290HLtnlek

[Nick Dawson @nickdawson]

Via @politico: “Imagine a new “healthist” movement, akin to the environmentalist movement, that pushes to make health a central priority in policy, business and politics” — @amanda_sammann, cofounder of the @EmergDesign https://t.co/290HLtnlek

[Emergency Design Collective @EmergDesign]

#NEW Playbook: Staying safe and fit during #COVID19: A Playbook for Exercising Outside

How might we make it easy and enjoyable for people to stay safe while exercising outside?

https://t.co/vIjIa4piM7

@RoseLikeTheFlwr @mxakazawa

[Design Vanguard @design_vanguard]

@EmergDesign publishes a PPE playbook for makers: https://t.co/w1sS8gfSWb

[Emergency Design Collective @EmergDesign]

Thank you @SDNetwork NYC and @ChrisMCollura for the opportunity to inspire even more designers to use their skills in service of health and wellbeing!

[Emergency Design Collective @EmergDesign]

“we started the EDC with a realization that our orientation to health as a society is very fractured and broken. We go to the hospital if something is physically broken, but they don’t know how to solve someone's homelessness or job loss..”
Thanks SDN NYC! https://t.co/0VugquExmH