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Xeni Jardin

AT 9:32 AM
Thursday June 11, 2009

DesignFashion

umbrella

Video: Polite Umbrella Contracts To Avoid Poking Others In The Eye


Video Link. This This cleverly-designed umbrella allows you shrink to fit the sidewalk.. (Thanks, Stephen Lenz)

11 Comments

Anonymous Anonymous

#1 – 10:53 AM June 11, 2009

it's a clever idea, but the only people who would have the presence of mind to pull on the cords and actually use the advantages of the umbrella are the same ppl that are watching enough to avoid hitting ppl to begin with. it's something cool, but it doesn't really solve a problem.

stabby13

#2 – 11:16 AM June 11, 2009

I wish everyone in Tokyo had one of these. Being just over 6ft tall puts a very high percentage of umbrella tips at my eye level there.

muteboy

#3 – 11:17 AM June 11, 2009

Golf Umbrellas - the SUVs of the sidewalk

hku

#4 – 12:33 PM June 11, 2009

My rude umbrella
lashes out while passersby
cower in terror!

Guy

#5 – 8:41 PM June 11, 2009

Needs an automatic, proximity-sensing mechanism.

also, I have never seen an umbrella that big, that wasn't deck furniture.

RedShirt77

#6 – 2:11 PM June 12, 2009

Every time you pull the string I be a cup of water lands on your shoe.

Rain jacket works better.

kaka

#7 – 12:24 AM August 24, 2009

also, I have never seen an umbrella that big, that wasn't deck furniture. BE degree

kaka

#8 – 12:25 AM August 24, 2009

also, I have never seen an umbrella that big, that wasn't deck furniture.
college degrees

kaka

#9 – 12:27 AM August 24, 2009

string I be a cup of water lands on your shoe.

Rain jacket works better. Multimedia degree

kaka

#10 – 12:28 AM August 24, 2009

Golf Umbrellas - the SUVs of the sidewalk
PhD finance

kaka

#11 – 12:31 AM August 24, 2009

Every time you pull the string I be a cup of water lands on your shoe. Administration degree

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