OmbrellaJournal
Journal
How we research, how we think, and the criteria that decide what this umbrella becomes — notes from the workshop while it is still being made.
- The parasol: could France pick up an old habit again? The parasol used to be part of French summer life. Could beautiful umbrellas bring back the pleasure of carrying our own shade?
- A rain umbrella or a UV umbrella: what is the difference? A normal umbrella creates shade, but that is not the same as verified UV protection. Here is what UPF means, what colour can and cannot tell us, and what we will test before making a claim.
- How we're choosing who makes it Made to order, not made for a warehouse — that changes what we need from a factory. Here's the real bar our requests set, and what we'd pay more for.
- The weight question How we compared the lightest umbrellas on the market, which numbers are real, and why we won't give a number for our own until a finished sample is on a scale.
- The one thing we won't trade away An umbrella has to satisfy four things at once, and they compete with each other. Here is the order we rank them in, and why portability comes first.