Articles tagged as: umbrella
Personal private space guard
September 9, 2009
Previously we discussed a neat umbrella that was designed for politely maneuvering through crowded city streets. Well, here’s a wearable device, the Personal Space Protector designed by Vivian Puxian that lets you maintain your personal private space. The New York Post test wore it through crowded Times Square. The piece is also flexible so you [...]
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June 2, 2009
When it rains in dense urban centers and streets, getting soaked is sometimes a secondary concern to that of avoiding getting one’s eyes poked out by the hazard of umbrellas held aloft by surrounding pedestrians. New York designer JooYoun Paek designed an umbrella to address this problem. Polite Umbrella is a shrinkable umbrella that enables [...]
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