The James Dyson Award brief being a completely open brief allows free thinking without any brakes opening the door to completely new opportunities that it presents. A brainstorming session was done to try to find solutions to everyday problems.

A problem faced by many university students is the lack of space for storage of cleaning equipment due to limited space in their accommodation. A general set of cleaning equipment includes: a broom, mop, dustpan, sponge, towels, detergents and gloves.

Market research was conducted using Mintel and analysis of high street shops and their  cleaning equipment. Cleaning habits, most important cleaning tasks, regularity, brand choice and how consumers look for advice was all so considered. Finally a focus group was used to finalise the data and the fundamentals needed to design a solution that would solve the problem. A compact cleaning product with enough storage for all the necessary cleaning equipment was needed.

In addition the equipment will be powered by digital solutions. Students who may not have knowledge of cleaning can use this service to ask experts on how to remove, for example a particular stain. This will be completed by augmented reality via mobile phones which are ever present in university students hand.

This project was completed as group consisting of: