Legal Design
What is legal design?
Legal design is a human-centred design method that reframes legal information, services and processes from the perspective of the people who use them. In this project, all guides and decision trees are produced with this method.
Human-centredness
Design starts not from legislation but from the survivor's question: "What should I do now?"
Plain language
Legal concepts are translated into everyday language; where a technical term is unavoidable, it is explained right beside it.
Visual hierarchy
Step lists, colour-coded warnings and decision trees replace long paragraphs.
Testing and iteration
Content is tested with real users in the field and revised based on feedback.
How do we apply it in this project?
Discover
The real legal needs of disaster survivors are mapped through fieldwork and interviews.Simplify
Legislation and case law are translated into plain language together with lawyers, preserving accuracy.Design
Guides, decision trees and application processes are structured visually.Test
Prototypes are tried with users; anything unclear is rewritten.Designs produced in the project
Information designs produced within the project (posters, brochures, flowcharts) will be downloadable from this section.
Post-Disaster Rights Poster
A one-page information poster summarising the rights a survivor can pursue in the first 72 hours.
Damage Assessment & Appeal Flowchart
A visual decision/flow diagram showing the damage-assessment objection process step by step.