It is raining, have fun!

Which of you have never played like this with a closed umbrella when child? 

Dragging the umbrella on the ground because it was too long for you, or you were tired because of the weight of it. Waiting for a bus on a rainy day using the tip of the umbrella as a pen to draw on the sidewalk.

Here below two projects for umbrellas result of creativity and observation, very cool!

Wheel Umbrella
While walking you rely the umbrella on the wheels in order not to feel the weight and dragging through rain puddles, like magic, funny smiles appearing.

Designers: Lin Cheng-Han, Chung Yu-Hsun, Cheng Yu-Ting & Chen Shaw-Chen.

 

Rain Brush Umbrella

A silicon tip like a paint-brush dip into the rain puddles of the sidewalk let you draw water graffiti.

Designer: Liu Hsiang-Ling

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Spontaneous design in Mumbai

A piece of fabric, cut to fit the door of a car, edged and shaped to go under the inside handle so you can dangle your arm out of the window without getting burnt. This piece of spontaneous design, arose from identifying a situation that can let the driver feel partly outside the tin box where he spends the day, without air conditioning, in a place that is almost always over 30° C.

 Design spontaneo a Mumbai
Un pezzo di tessuto, tagliato con dimensioni proporzionate alla portiera dell’auto, bordato e sagomato in modo da passare sotto alla maniglia, diventa il posto ideale dove appoggiare il braccio a penzoloni fuori dal finestrino senza scottarsi. Un pezzo di design spontaneo nato dalla conoscenza del contesto d’uso che permette al guidatore di sentirsi un po’ fuori dalla scatola di latta dove passa tutto il giorno senza aria condizionata a quasi sempre più di 30 gradi.

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