Choosing a good design project for 2nd years

Freddie,

Here are a few ideas:

Tea Kettle: there are so many on the market, but so many are not very functional. An opportunity for mechanics, ergonomics, aesthetics, and brand exploration

Alarm Clock: do we even need them anymore? Is it just a phone dock? Opportunity for ergonomics and to design an everyday product that people love to hate.

GoPro Camera: these things are pretty amazing, and pretty simple, what could be done with a ground up redesign?

Smartphone for a non tech brand: With the stabilization in computing OSs (Mac/PC) one could extrapolate that a similar thing will happen with mobile computing OSs. What would happen if let’s say Google gave android dev kits to non tech brands to make phones?