PillPocket

6 woman out of 10 take a birth control some starting at the age of 14, forgetting to take it could be damaging for their health, cycle and even decrease their protection during sexual intercourse. A solution for them: scheduling alarms on their phones to be sure to not forget it ; the next problem is that their pill is not always with them. The risk of forgetting it is still there. We have found a solution for woman to have it on them at all time.

We would like to propose an object that holds pill tablets while hiding them for discretion and a card compartment for quick access, all attached to a phone.

Our object is designed using minimal materials, emphasizing simplicity and efficiency in both form and function. In one click you can download our stl file and print it yourself before adding your phone magnet that can be found on amazon for a euro. Voilà, you now have your own PillPocket.

Here is our process...

Going through design number 1 was a necessary step to better understand the user's needs. It revealed the importance of a slim object with compartments that required minimal effort to use. Design number 2 improved upon this by offering a more compact and aesthetically pleasing solution, while maintaining the same focus on compartmentalization and discretion perfectly aligning with the user's expectations.

Two compartments, two pushing systems and a place for the magnet. PillPocket.

3D printing prototypes helped us understand PillPocket better:

1- Too big of a product to be attached at the back of the phone (can complicate the manipulation of the phone) and too complex of a mechanism.

2- Missing the pushing elements for an easy use of the product.

Try number 3 was the right one. We included two pushing elements, one on each side, that helps the user pull out the pills or cards - without giving away card information and being discreet with the medication. On the inside of the card compartment, we used a bending support piece that allowed to user to have from one card to three, preventing any of them to fall out.