The finest umbrellas I have ever seen can be found here.
It’s just this sort of gorgeous, funky, punky, loopy design that I aspire to create. With illustrations by Evgeny Kiselev (look at the blog, just look at it) and a fantastic printing process unrestricted by the usual triangle-by-triangle layout, this beats everything forever.
Here, on the other hand, is a very pretty website. It is for artist Elena Corchero who incorporates organic solar cells, resistors and LEDs into gorgeous accessories including this exquisitely delicate umbrella.
Remember where you first heard of umbrella vending machines? If you’re a tellygeek like my good self then it was on Dragon’s Den when the lovely Bannatyne, smart/casual millionnaire and loser of poker to my friend Ken, was seduced into forking out for a 20% stake in the company. Good lad. Shame their website isn’t as clever as the idea itself – here’s the best of its crap images.
Sorry I’ve been away a while, I’ve not been too well. Helping me recover is the Etsy website, to which I have linked before, which I rediscovered for these pretty Thai umbrellas…
My family has been making umbrella for over 50 years. My grandfather makes wooden framework and handle from bamboo.
