This water bottle and pillbox hybrid was designed to restore young cancer patients’ confidence! - Yanko Design

Pengu was born out of empathy for those diagnosed with cancer. Information technology is heartbreaking and life-irresolute at any age, but more so when y'all are a teenager or young developed (TYA) because information technology takes away from their take chances at having a normal developmental trajectory during a phase of life that is crucial for social, cognitive, and emotional evolution. Pengu was designed to better the quality of life for TYA cancer patients on hospital leave or in remission by helping them feel and live a little more independently.

At this age, normally, a TYA patient would be moving out for school, getting their own space, experimenting with career options, and more simply information technology all comes to a behemothic pause every bit their life suddenly revolves around health appointments. The constant monitoring and check-ups are bound to make anyone feel like they don't take control over their life, and peculiarly with a disease like cancer, and so Pengu – a h2o bottle and pill holder hybrid – is a small product that can brand a big touch on past giving them a little control back. It helps to smoothly facilitate two critical things for the patient – taking their medication on fourth dimension and hydrating enough. These two tasks are things the best of united states of america forget all the time, but it is something vital for a patient'south recovery and therefore can't be missed. With Pengu, the user will not have to experience conscious about having a large pillbox and the medicines will be easier to access compared to being in their bags. When the user starts to streamline their own basic needs of taking medication and drinking water, it starts to slowly build back their confidence about being able to leave dwelling and readjust to life outside cancer. Besides, Pengu is sleek, minimal, and fashionable so information technology takes away the feeling of "people are watching me when I have my pills."

The name might hint on the fact that the grade was inspired past the emperor penguin and their chick. "The subtle ribbed touch points on each side correspond the flippers, whilst the shut line of the lid represents the nib. The pill holder slots into the base of the bottle, similarly to how the penguin would shield its chick from the cold," explains Spence. Even the CMF was thoughtfully picked out to mimic the water-resistant feathers of the penguin. The jet black colour is assuming even so minimal and the bottle is powder-coated in stainless steel for sturdiness and insulation. Since information technology is still a concept, it would be fun to encounter if there was a digital chemical element to it like subtle reminders to hydrate or accept pills. The penguin is a symbol of resilience – no matter how harsh the storm, they must keep moving forward to survive and information technology is a cute reminder to those fighting cancer every day.

Designer: Shane Spence