The #WorldHealthDay #udmhflashmob to #DesignAgainstDepression was fun

World Health Day was on Friday April 7th, and since the World Health Organization designated this year's theme 'depression: let's talk', we had an impromptu urban design and mental health social media flashmob so that architects, planners, citymakers and others could talk about our role in preventing depression. Using the hashtags #udmhflashmob and #designagainstdepression, people and organizations from around the world came together and shared interesting, important and fun ideas and experiences around leveraging urban design to help prevent depression.

Using hashtag analytics, #udmhflashmob reached 1 million people during World Health Day, the majority of whom were in the US, Australia, the UK and Japan, while #designagainstdepression reached 593,000 people - and counting. Did you miss it? Join in the fun: here's some of our posts.

You can keep up the fun with the #DesignAgainstDepression hashtag anytime. And keep a look out for the next #udmhflashmob - a fun way to raise awareness and share great design, research, policy, and initiatives.