Object details
| Designer / Studio | Steve Dobbs; team: Guy Cooper |
| Brand | Spryly, United Kingdom |
| Award | EPDA 2026 Winner, Industrial / Healthcare: Aids & Prosthetics |
| Explore the design | spryly.life |
Aids for daily living tend to look clinical. They solve a practical problem, but in doing so they announce that problem to anyone who enters the room.
The Spryly Poise Commode, designed by Steve Dobbs with Guy Cooper, sets out to change that. It was a winner in the aids and prosthetics category at the 2026 European Product Design Award.
The team have worked on aids for daily living for years. They saw a need for products that do not just do the job but let people feel proud of the things they rely on.
Poise blurs the line between medical aid and furniture. It is designed to blend into a home rather than stand out in it.
That does not come at the expense of function. Spryly aims to improve on the usability of the best commodes available, not simply restyle them.
Poise is a reminder that dignity is a design requirement, and that it can be met without any loss of practicality.
View Poise Commode on the European Product Design Award winner’s page →
Image: Spryly.
