Quirky Poise

A mat carrier that doubles as a yoga block.

Role

Industrial Design

Client

Quirky

Year

2014

Woman in an orange top walking down a tree-lined street, carrying a rolled pink yoga mat in a wooden carrier on a teal strap

The project

Poise is a product designed for Quirky Inc. that acts as both a yoga block and a carrier for your yoga mat. Includes detachable shoulder strap for use as a stretching aid (based on invention idea submission by Alejandra Lazarini).

Health & wellness

The project

Health & wellness

Poise concept sketches: pencil and marker drawings of wooden yoga mat carriers with straps

Poise CAD renders of wooden mat carriers in different shapes with colored straps

Poise design direction slide: four carrier options, wood with accent insert, foam overmold, wood block and hard foam block

Poise style selection slide: six color options for the mat carrier, including blue, green, red, purple, gray and forest green

Hand pulling a metal clip on a teal strap attached to a bamboo mat carrier holding a pink mat

Two people stretching with teal straps on pink yoga mats in a bright room with a wooden floor

Two people in a yoga lunge with bamboo blocks on pink mats in a bright room

Bamboo block with a teal strap and a carrier with the strap looped around it, on a gray background

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