‘Do No Harm’ Framework for Design

The ‘Do No Harm’ framework, established in 2018, is a design approach used by design practitioners and students, primarily in Europe and North America where it is used applied across projects in the private and public sectors and has been introduced into undergraduate and postgraduate design curricula. It integrates principles from the humanitarian sector, where ‘Do No Harm’ and ‘Conflict Sensitivity’ guide practices, as well as drawing from duty-of-care concepts from healthcare protocols (where the name of the principle originates).