Parasol hat

Unit 3 and 4 Product Design and Technology

SAT Folio and Product

The topic is sunlight. A fact about this topic is that sunburns can occur on people in as little as 15 minutes while exposed under bright sunlight in Australia. ​

End users are outdoors during sunny weather in this context. Activities they may be doing in this context could be hiking, commuting, attending outdoors events or performing labor, which may take up to several hours at a time and happen repeatedly over multiple days.​

Bright sunlight can be an obstruction to a person’s vision while outdoors. Prolonged exposure to sunlight can cause sunburns and excessive tanning. As a result, a product that shades its user’s face and skin from sunlight is necessitated. The primary function of this product is to provide shade from sunlight for the end user. The product should be of a durable high quality so that it can be frequently reused and will last a long time under rough movement and constant weathering during use, at least one year.