{"id":188385,"date":"2023-07-11T16:51:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.rm.gfolkdev.net\/?page_id=188385"},"modified":"2023-07-17T01:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T01:22:17","slug":"life-and-death-design-frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/books\/life-and-death-design-frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

These common questions and their short answers are taken from Katie Swindler\u2019s book\u00a0Life and Death Design: What Life-Saving Technology Can Teach Everyday UX Designers<\/em>. You can find longer answers to each in your copy of the book, either printed or digital version.<\/p>\n

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  1. What do you mean by \u201clife and death design\u201d? Is this book about death?<\/strong>
    \nNot really. This is a book about high-stakes designs with life-and- death consequences and all the ways your designs can help people in moments of extreme stress or crisis. It\u2019s a book about designs that save lives. In particular, Chapter 8, \u201cHero by Design,\u201d explores ways to help bring out the best in your users, helping them step up and save the day.<\/li>\n
  2. Will I be able to use what\u2019s in this book if I design \u201cboring\u201d stuff?<\/strong>
    \nAs long as you design something meant to solve a problem for a user, the information in this book will apply to your work. Problems cause stress. Whether someone is under a small or a large amount of stress, the same neurochemicals are released and the same fight- flight-or freeze instincts drive behaviors. Because of this, lessons learned by designers creating products for extreme environments, like emergency rooms or war zones, can be applied to all sorts of products that help stressed-out users across just about any industry imaginable. In Chapter 1, \u201cA Designer\u2019s Guide to the Human Stress Response,\u201d you\u2019ll get an overview of the five phases of the stress response and the design considerations unique to each phase. You\u2019ll also get a plain language overview of the neuroscience that drives these phases.<\/li>\n
  3. Does this book cover techniques to address harmful biases?<\/strong>
    \nAbsolutely. When humans are stressed, they instinctively fall back on intuition-based decision-making, which has a lot of benefits, but can also open the door for harmful biases to creep in. So Chapter 3, \u201cIntuitive Assessment,\u201d explores the science of intuition in detail, including how it\u2019s formed, when it is most beneficial (and when it\u2019s most harmful), and how it can be harnessed through good design. It also looks closely at the role that bias plays in intuitive decision-making. Then Chapter 5, \u201cReasoned Reaction,\u201d explores specific design techniques to help users control bias, even under extremely stressful situations when their instincts might otherwise lead them astray.<\/li>\n
  4. I design for a population with people who are chronically stressed. Does this book help me address the unique needs of my users?<\/strong>
    \nThe techniques for creating calming designs covered in Chapter 6, \u201cRecovery,\u201d will be of particular interest for those people designing for users who are chronically stressed. If you are designing for populations with high levels of PTSD, you may also want to review Chapter 2, \u201cThe Startle Reflex,\u201d to learn ways to avoid triggering a startle reflex, as people with PTSD tend to have a particular sensitivity to startling stimuli. Chapter 7, which covers \u201cAlarms and Alerts,\u201d might also be useful to those designers creating products used in high-stress environments because the chapter discusses techniques to communicate important information appropriately to your users without overwhelming or further stressing them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    These common questions and their short answers are taken from Katie Swindler\u2019s book\u00a0Life and Death Design: What Life-Saving Technology Can Teach Everyday UX Designers. You can find longer answers to each in your copy of the book, either printed or digital version. What do you mean by \u201clife and death design\u201d? Is this book about … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150108,"featured_media":0,"parent":187323,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188386,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188385\/revisions\/188386"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}