article_snippet.sent: To deal with these sorts of everyday emergencies, one company has designed a range of prototype products.
article_snippet.sent: Leeds-based Direct Line is running a competition called #EverydayFix.
article_snippet.sent: Leeds-based Direct Line asked groups to design products to deal with common problems.
article_snippet.sent: The products were designed as part of the Direct Line Everyday Fix design makeathon.
article_snippet.sent: Groups from London-based design company Makerversity were then asked to design products that could alleviate certain emergencies - and three were picked for a shortlist.
article_snippet.sent: We’ve seen the great British designers of tomorrow create smart and simple solutions to real life everyday emergencies,’ said Paul Smyth, co-founder of Makerversity.
article_snippet.sent: Through the Direct Line Everyday Fix event, we’ve been able to extend we role as "fixers" and work with some unique creative talent to produce a fantastic shortlist of exciting prototypes that start to solve the nation’s everyday emergencies,’ added John Shaw, head of R&D and Innovation at Direct Line.
highlights_snippet.sent: Leeds-based Direct Line is running a competition called #EverydayFix .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Leeds-based Direct Line asked groups to design products to deal with common problems .
  