PARASOL

Year: 2006

Created for Design Tide, Tokyo in cooperation with DEMAKERSVAN.
Material: carbon/ textile and lots of electronics

This umbrella consists out of many smaller umbrella's we all know from birthday cakes and cocktails. However, these small umbrella's open when touched by sunlight and close when not in direct sunlight. Each umbrella has a tiny light sensor that triggers an even tinier motor to open it.