Travel
Design
Duration: 3 weeks
Date: October 2025
Team size : 1
Role : ID designer
Plastic waste
One-size-fits-all
Layered protection
TSA Stress
Concept PACKD for you!
PACKD is a modular solid pod based travel dispensing system. It is designed to reduce plastic waste, simplify packing, and accommodate and adapt to various journeys.
The WHY?
Packing should feel like anticipation.
Instead, it begins with risk management.
Travel turns into measurements.
Milliliters decide what comes with me.
One squeeze too much, and now its everywhere, squeeze just a little and it slips.
Bought for one trip. Thrown away after.
Too tedious to clean.
Everything goes into a ziplock.
Just in case. Plastic, standing in for trust.
Multiple Minis
Leakage Anxiety
The problem was never the liquids.
It was the system around it.
Modelled on Rhino3D and keyshot
The HOW?
How might we take the stress out of travel while putting care back into the planet through intuitive, lifestyle-led design?
Why this matters?
of plastic from mini toiletries every summer
266
tonnes
1.7M
Pounds
of plastic saved by Marriot by cutting minis.
projected sustainable
travel-toiletries market by 2032
$3.68B
96
Plastic bottles can be saved if an individual shifts to a reusable kit.
PACKD isn’t just a container, it’s a behavior shift.
Because travel stress didn’t come from the container
It came from
Designing PACKD meant
how people prepare, carry, dispense, and discard products across a journey.
designing those moments instead.
Lets take you through the experience.
PACK
Designed to replace workarounds,
not add another item.
Designed around real
packing behavior.
TRAVEL
The system scales with trip length, not product volume.
Modular extension units.
Adaptable to a range of products.
Any Product. Same System.
Solids in transit. Liquids only when dispensed.
Interchangeable pods allow the system to adapt to different routines.
Supports dual products within a single form.
The “solid bar” isn’t brittle soap — it’s a compressed surfactant gel
USE
Designed for one-handed control, even with wet hands.
Palm-sized scale, Button placement and grip geometry support confident use under running water.
Each side houses a dedicated nozzle and haptic button for independent dispensing.
The dispensing interface retracts to protect during travel.
A retractable nozzle keeps the system travel-safe between uses and prevents leakage anxiety.
REUSE
Designed to continue beyond a single journey.
Pods can be removed and replaced individually, allowing partially used pods to carry forward into the next trip.
The sections below unpack the process, decisions, and testing that shaped PACKD.
This is where the pace changes.
Existing Task Analysis:
Insight: Travel toiletries are used across multiple contexts, not just the shower.
The Existing Solutions:
Leak-prone, wasteful,
one-size volumes
Sustainable, but limited product flexibility
Reusable, yet still stressful in wet use
Insight: Most solutions optimize the container, not the travel experience.
Gaps Identified:
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Convenience exists, but trust is missing
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Fixed volumes don’t match trip length
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Wet environments are poorly considered
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Waste happens at the end of the journey
Insight: These gaps defined the system requirements for PACKD
Setting Design Decisions:
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Trust - Stress-free Travel
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Modularity - One size fits one mindset, in terms of trip length as well as customised routine.
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One-handed use - Ergonomic and slip-free in wet environments.
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Reuse - Lasts for more than one journey.
Competitive Performance Overview:
PACKD was evaluated against existing solutions across usability, adaptability, sustainability, cost effectiveness, and aesthetic appeal
to design a lifestyle-led product.
Ergonomics Considered
Dimensions were informed by 5th percentile female to 95th percentile male hand data, with a 40–50 mm grip diameter and thumb reach within a 45–55 mm arc, enabling controlled one-handed use without grip shift.
Ideating and Sketching:
Prototyping and Iterations
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Usability Testing Analysis
Final Design
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