Chloe Meineck took two years researching the positive effects of music for those with dementia before developing the box. The Music Memory Box is expected to go on sale next year. Customers will send in favourite items and music for customised boxes to be made.
Chloe has won a host of awards – including Blueprint design and art magazine’s Award for Design 2014 – and is now developing a similar box for children to record and store their memories and stories.
Chloe said: “This will be especially for children in care or those who have been adopted, as something that can support them in times of change and uncertainty. When an object is put in the centre of the box an individual piece of music or audio content plays. It features the same technology used in Oyster cards used on London transport. The aim is to improve a person’s emotional wellbeing and communication skills.”
After graduating, Chloe exhibited at the London Design Festival and in 2013 she became Designer in Residence at the Design Museum in London.
Chloe, 24, has now launched a Prince's Trust-supported company and she is working as a design consultant and lecturer. She also runs workshops and events across the UK.