Philosophy

Arcacase started with a problem that suddenly became very personal.

I’m Joris Holla, a Mechanical Engineering student, and my father is an orthopedic surgeon. He is an intelligent, highly structured, and methodical person by nature. When he was diagnosed with diabetes, however, even his normally well-organized daily routine was disrupted.

During the first months after his diagnosis, he had to use several injection pens throughout the day and suddenly needed to carry a whole collection of essential medical items with him at all times: injection pens, needles, small devices, glucose tablets, and other supplies.

The medical treatment itself was only part of the adjustment. Carrying all of these separate items created a surprising amount of everyday friction. Everything had to be gathered before leaving the house, kept organized throughout the day, and checked repeatedly to make sure nothing essential had been forgotten. The fact that this was difficult even for someone as structured and organized as my father made something very clear to us: the problem was not the person, but the way these essential products were being carried.

When several of those items can be important at a moment’s notice, simply wondering whether you packed everything becomes an unnecessary source of stress.

There was another, less obvious problem.

Friends, colleagues, and people around him were always kind and genuinely interested in how he was doing. But my father did not always want his condition to become the focus of the moment. Whether he was standing beside a football field or having dinner with friends, opening a clinical-looking medical pouch filled with needles and injection equipment could immediately change the conversation and the atmosphere.

He wanted something different: a case that worked as naturally as a glasses case. Something he could take out, place on the table, use, and put away again without it becoming a statement about his condition.

That simple idea became the starting point for Arcacase.

Together, we began developing a better way to carry essential medical products. Through continuous testing with my father, combined with interviews and feedback from people living with diabetes and other conditions that require them to carry medical supplies every day, the concept evolved.

Arcacase is designed around two principles.

First, everything has its place. Each essential item has a dedicated position inside the case, making it immediately visible when something is missing.

Second, medical does not have to look medical. The case is designed as a clean, considered everyday object rather than a traditional medical pouch — something you can confidently carry and leave on the table without your condition having to enter the conversation.

What started as an attempt to solve one person’s everyday problem became a broader idea:

Medical essentials should fit into your life, rather than make your life revolve around them.

That idea became Arcacase.