I've got some ideas for starting points that i want to work through. So the first one wasn't really a concept to solve, but more the idea of making something really cool that people wanted. There have been countless products that don't solve a problem, but because of an aspect of desirability, people want to buy either one or a number of them. The nodding dog for example. Completely pointless. Yet for whatever reason, lots were bought. My first idea was to create these clocks, and to display the time using light bulbs. I've got a video about the use of the bulbs and it shows that its not an original idea, but at least that there is an interest in the product, and a product that is relatively unknown i fell. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u0xamRXGe1E



Ok, so the second idea was inspired by yet another video. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Fpsw_yYPg&feature=related

I like the idea of making something that lights up using unusual materials. Im not sure if i want to link it to the charity and create a product that promotes the awareness of the charity, comment on the concept, you simply use it as a starting point for unusual materials for alternative purposes. 


Another idea that I really like is to have graphic patterns printed onto either cigarettes or cigarette cases. Obviously the patterns would be a response to something. But as a starting point, i like the idea of keeping something smokeable, unsmoked. 


There's obviously many other things that I thought of but i've pretty much ruled those options out.