The mobile phone seen below has plain packaging. The back is made from card with a lacquered, gloss finish. The front is manufactured from vacuum formed high density polystyrene. The polystyrene is transparent which means that the mobile phone can be seen through it. This type of packaging is called 'blister packaging'.

Two samples of blank packaging are shown below. On packaging ‘A’ sketch the rough layout for the following information and symbols: The title - ‘Emergency Mobile’, bar code, symbol to represent emergency mobile phone for walkers / hikers, basic instructions, recycling symbol and European safety symbol.
On packaging ‘B’ draw the final coloured rendered version.

SAMPLE ANSWERS

The mobile phone shown above does not have a charger to recharge its internal battery. Why do you think a charger would be of no use to a hiker / walker?

The designers have decided that the phone must be charged using a renewable energy source. Name a renewable source of energy that could be used for this purpose.

Explain any problems / disadvantages of using your chosen form of renewable energy for the purpose of charging the emergency mobile phone.