Creative consultancy The Liminal Space has designed Life Support, a mobile-first website designed to help people deal with death using their smartphones.
The Liminal Space designed the website in collaboration with The Academy of Medical Sciences.
Graphics begin in grey and progress into colour as users grow in their understanding
Life Support takes users on a visual journey from greyed-out visuals to multi-coloured information, featuring such as tips on how to talk to children about death and audio clips from experts in palliative care.
The tool was deliberately made as a website and not an app to make it more accessible.
"We developed Life Support as a mobile-first website designed for use on smartphones," The Liminal Space director Amanda Gore told Dezeen. "This reflects the role they play in helping us start conversations and sharing information with friends and family in our day-to-day lives, and removes the barriers to usage that an app could create," continued Gore.
"The user experience is, therefore, richer on the smaller screen," she said.
Short audio clips from experts are available
The digital tool intends to help the public deal with questions about the taboo subject of end of life, especially during a period where anxiety surrounding death is on the rise due to coronavirus.
Life Support features black, white, blue and orange bubbles that float around the screen on a neutral grey background. The bubbles have statements on them like ...