The Team

We wanted to explore how looking at the end of life can open up opportunities to live more mindfully and sustainably in the present and contribute to an improved future beyond life.

We started with speaking with domain experts in medical, legal, religious, social work, and senior living fields, and interviewed 15 people in their 20s to 80s about living and mortality.

“In theory, design could – and should – have a useful part to play in improving the quality of any aspect of daily life that is no longer fit for purpose, and death is no exception.”

— Alice Rawsthorn, Design Critic

Two months into this project, the world met an unprecedented time. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only changed the settings of our daily lives, it has upended our mental models of community, wellness, and the end of life. Searches for legal documentation such as online wills have skyrocketed, but unless we shift our mindset to understand the importance of future thinking, it is unlikely this interest will result in better prepared and resilient communities.

We designed LifeKit to bridge this divide by incorporating emergency medical information and legal documentation designed to enable peace of mind during times of crisis. The app then carries this momentum further, incorporating acts of planning into celebrations of life's important moments.

LifeKit is a work in progress for building an integrated digital infrastructure for our society. Our hope is that our invention could help individuals be prepared for their future in addition to developing resilient communities over time. If you want to join forces to make it happen, let’s talk!

Contact us ✉️ lifekit.us@gmail.com