We’ve compiled this library as a tool for teams building services for the contexts of disasters. It collects a range of principles that structure designing for disasters, from preparedness to evacuation to community resilience. Our goal is to provide a stepping stone for product teams, organizations, and students to help empower the people experiencing these disasters.

Please help improve the community’s shared knowledge by contributing missing principles. This is a living library.

To provide any feedback about the catalogue, please email us at hello@disasterdesignprinciples.com


Designed and curated by Amelia Koster, Brittany Williams, and Catherine Legros