Matthieu Muller

Animate is creative kit aiming to give life to children’s imagination. The project introduces technology as a creative tool allowing children from the age of 6 to 10 to animate their own creation.

Animate kit consists of multiple elements : 8 electronic components including a battery, a vibrator, a buzzer, an ultrasonic sensor, two DC motors and two LED lights. A safe blade knife to cut cardboard easily. A set of connectors to attach cardboard and components together. Three sizes of cables to plug the components to the battery.

To make electronics more accessible and fun, the different components have been oversized with a distinctive shape and color.

Animate is designed to allow children complete freedom offering tools and a methodology booklet, to help them develop their creative potential without any constraints.

SMARTKIT provides a set of three building toys enriching the experience of the smartphone. Children born between 2010 and 2025, known as generation alpha, will grow up never having known a world without digital devices.
Today 70% children start using tablet devices / smartphones at 3 years old or less.

SMARTKIT aims to teach children to use digital technology in a healthy and productive way by combining the physical and the digital world. Built from cardboard, the car, the plane and the spaceship enhance the sensors of the smartphone.

Via an app, the screens becomes a map of an imaginary world interacting with the real world. The speaker, the vibrator and the flashlight are all used to create a new experience of game.