One bag. Different ways to move.
Yatra brings gaming equipment and everyday travel into one soft-goods system. A full-size backpack, organised compartments and a detachable pouch let the user carry the complete kit or take only the essentials.
Explore the process
Product design, concept exploration, compartment architecture and physical development
Soft goods · sketching · construction drawings · product photography
Gaming kit does not travel alone.
A travel bag for gaming has to accommodate more than one hero device. A laptop, headphones, cables and everyday belongings compete for space, visibility and access. Yatra explored how those needs could sit within a bag that also works outside a gaming setup.
The organising idea is separation without fragmentation: a main bag for the full load and a detachable pouch for the moments when the user only needs a smaller set of essentials.
Explore the whole bag before fixing the details.
The sketches investigate silhouette, opening positions, panel divisions and the relationship between the backpack and the smaller pouch. Working across many alternatives connected visual character with how the contents would be reached.
The chosen direction uses a restrained exterior while concentrating organisation inside. This lets the bag move between travel and gaming contexts without relying on conspicuous exterior features to communicate its purpose.
Three zones, designed together.
The construction drawings separate the main compartment, laptop compartment and detachable pouch. They make the relationship between panel shape, access and storage explicit before the finished bag is shown.
The pouch was developed as an independent carry item as well as part of the larger system. Its panel layout and internal divisions support that change of scale.
Main compartment
A larger volume for equipment and travel belongings.
Laptop zone
A separate location for the computer.
Detachable pouch
A smaller carry format for essentials.
Make the contents visible and reachable.
The final photography shows internal organisation in use: headphones and cables have defined positions, the laptop sits separately, and the opening exposes the main storage area. These details turn the compartment diagram into a physical object.
The contrasting lining helps the internal spaces read clearly. The purpose is to make packing and retrieval more deliberate, rather than leaving everything in one undivided volume.
Take the full kit. Or travel lighter.
The on-body images demonstrate the two formats: a backpack for the complete load and a smaller pouch worn separately. The project resolves the modular idea into a physical soft-goods outcome.
The next development step would be structured carrying, access and durability trials with representative loads, building on the construction and use configurations documented here.
Modularity you can carry.
Yatra connects concept sketching, compartment planning and a physical bag into a single product story.
What the project delivered
- Physical backpack and detachable pouch
- Main, laptop and pouch construction studies
- Internal organisation for equipment and essentials
- Full-size and lighter carry configurations
Where I would take it next
- Loaded comfort and balance testing
- Repeated attachment and zip-cycle testing
- Usability sessions for packing and retrieval
Original 2025 portfolio, Yatra capstone pages 10–16; updated portfolio, page 18.
Reading the conditions of play.
