pre/post effects of the disaster

Furthering the psychological route in terms of the mattress design I have:

• viewed images of people in these situations




• research what physical possessions mean the most to the effected




• research post disaster psychological effects on the people
  

Disaster Mattress

...design a mattress for a disaster scenario. Initially, I approached this project in a simple open-minded way and thought of the obvious disasters i.e hurricane, earthquake etc linking them to solutions such as a waterproof mattress and a floating mattress. Through development work and watching clips from disaster's and post disaster's I gained a deeper insight in how these natural disaster's really affect people and places. I then explored psychological effects on people post disaster and came to the conclusion that the people suffer equally or more than those who were physically harmed.