ABSTRACT
The new crown pneumonia epidemic (COVID-19) has been a global pandemic for more than two years since the outbreak began in late 2019, with far-reaching effects on people's social lives as well as their mental health. At present, science and technology, bioengineering, materials and other disciplines have been integrated into protective materials, medical equipment and other items just needed for the epidemic from many aspects, but there are still not enough humane, direct technical interventions lack of human fit, not able to meet the user's sense of experience, etc., and design has the advantage of technical integration and system integration, which can assist in quickly and efficiently providing effective epidemic-related products, environments, and services solutions. This paper first analyzes and summarizes the transmission pathway and infection process of the new coronavirus, and divides the pre- and mid-epidemic period according to the data, and analyzes the design of protection and disinfection category in the pre-epidemic period, the design of treatment-related category in the mid-epidemic period, and the design of psychological healing category in the post-epidemic period. The purpose of this paper is to systematically review and analyze design research results related to the new crown epidemic at home and abroad, and then explore how design can better provide new solutions to the problems caused by the epidemic. © 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.