A Caixa Mágica

About the inventor

Name: Alesha
Age:10
Gender:Female
Country:Mozambique
City: Maputo

School information

Name of the school: Escola Portuguesa de Mozambique
Location:Maputo,Mozambique

What will this machine do?

É uma caixa que organiza o material, as tuas coisas, podes colocar os teus materiais escolares, materiais de trabalho, e também dá para as senhoras colocarem maquilhagem.
Cada botão da caixa corresponde a uma placa, e quando pressionamos num botão a placa levanta para termos acesso ao material.

Why was it invented?

A ideia surgiu que gostaria de ter uma caixa de materiais onde pudesse guardar todos os materiais, mesmo sendo diferentes. Assim posso separa-los por zonas e placas.

When was it invented?

Tuesday, October 15th, 2019

This Dream Machine idea has been elaborated as part of the MyMachine DreamsDrop Campaign 2020

We selected this Dream Machine idea to be part of the MyMachine DreamsDrop 2020 Campaign. In total 15 ideas were selected from participating primary schools in Mexico, Ecuador, South Africa, Mozambique and India. 

100 Industrial Product Design Students from the Industrial Design Center at HOWEST University of Applied Sciences (Belgium) have been working on these 15 ideas to translate them into product concepts. They were guided by university professors Erwin Deibel, Heino Labbeeuw, Katrijn Sabbe, Leen Deprez, Lieven David and Nils Ferlin.

The students only had 2 days. The results -considering such a short term- are astonishing.

Here is how it was done for the A Caixa Mágica from the Escola Portuguesa de Mozambique:

Howest University Students involved:

  • Sarah Hoffman
  • Manes Janssens
  • Andrei-Silviu Nitu
  • Yarne Roosenbroeck
  • Gregory Van Der Donckt
  • Lucas Wijnant

The Concept elaborated from the original drawing: A Caixa Mágica

And so here is: The Final Product: A Caixa Mágica - click image to start video -

The University Students explaining the prototype: -click image to start video-