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Cara is a menstrual product and waste carrier designed for use in multi-day trips outdoors. It features an expandable waste collection container at the center, and two separate dry enclosures at the top and bottom to keep unused menstrual products, toilet paper, and/or wipes clean, dry and ready to use.
The desire to design a product to solve for this need came from Alexia’s master’s thesis which focussed on designing for women engaging in outdoor activities. Through Cara Alexia wanted to expand the typology of tools for women beyond the superficial by designing for women’s functional needs.
Alexia is a Venezuelan-Belgian-American product designer living in New York. A graduate of the Products of Design master’s program at SVA, she is eager to apply her design thinking skills to question, reframe and solve a diverse set of challenges through the use of robust research practices and holistic tool set.
As an avid climber, cyclist and hiker Alexia focused her thesis work on exploring women’s role in the great outdoors, yielding a suite of design offerings that are meant to honor, amplify and celebrate women’s experiences within this space.
The Paula Rhodes Memorial Award - Products of Design I School of Visual Arts I New York, NY I 2018
Core 77 Design Awards 2017- #SheServed Project: Designing for Women Veterans - Student Runner Up (Strategy and Research) - Student Notable (Design for Social Impact)