Design Technology Resistant Materials?

For one of our iGCSE projects in Design RM, we need to come up with a product to help people in everyday problems. The teacher suggests to design a product for storage solutions, e.g. A book case hold your books.

It has to be relatively small, maybe 1 meter wide maximum, it does not need to be 100% original, we can take inspiration from others, or re-make a product but better, or more presentable.

Any answers welcome, please be detailed though, as it will help! Remember it does not HAVE to be storage, something else to help people's problems will do… Such as one of my ideas was to have an iPhone stand, with a cover over the screen. To be used by the pool side when timing laps, protect the phone from water.

Multi-function products definitely help in every day lives. Perhaps a chair where the back folds down to form a table like in the Apprentice, or something similar?

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