{"id":8435,"date":"2020-09-14T12:40:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T16:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/?p=8435"},"modified":"2021-04-21T11:42:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T15:42:52","slug":"disaster-design-pandemic-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/originals\/disaster-design-pandemic-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing for Disaster: How Powerful Visuals Can Keep Communities Safe During a Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Design has power<\/a>\u2014to attract, to influence, to change how businesses operate and interact with their customers. But the coronavirus pandemic has also provided the design community with a case study about how design can help communities understand and eliminate the spread of a deadly virus sweeping the entire world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many communities are applying the principles of disaster design to spread information about the coronavirus, with great success. But before we get to the designs, what are those principles, exactly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Basics of Disaster Design <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Time is critical during a crisis, and having a framework to deploy a campaign saves valuable time. This framework should be established long before a disaster occurs, so that it\u2019s ready to be deployed when it\u2019s needed. A comprehensive campaign for crisis design relies on the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n