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Silver Lifetimes

Institut für Designforschung (IDE)

A card game for (prospective) retirees. The game that uses unexpected questions to inspire you to organise your retirement in a varied and fulfilling way.

Silberne Lebenszeit is an entertaining parlour game with 175 funny and surprising questions about retirement. Silberne Lebenszeit is played cooperatively and encourages discussion. What do you want your retirement to look like? What do you think your fellow players are capable of? Collect points together and let the final evaluation inspire you to take new paths.

The game includes 125 inspiring questions on activities from five categories to find out what activities your mates are doing and 50 reflective questions on health, nutrition, fitness, attitude to life, sleep and friends to reflect on positive and negative characteristics and stimulate in-depth conversations.

The card game was developed in ten iterations by health insurer CSS in scientific collaboration with the Healthy Longevity Centre (HLC) at the University of Zurich and the Institute of Design Research at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

80% of the test players stated that the game inspired them to reflect on the topic of retirement.

Details

  • Project Lead
    • Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken (IDE)
  • Team
    • Sophie Walker (IDE)
  • Resources
    • Project website
  • Duration

    01.05. – 31.08.2024

  • Financing
    • CSS Kranken-Versicherung AG (01.05. – 31.08.2024)
  • Research Approaches
    • Applied research
    • Scientific research
  • Disciplines

    Design

  • Keywords

    Serious Games, Games for Health, Educational Games