Umbra designer2/29/2024 ![]() How cool are these clocks? Can someone tell me what time it is?Įverything you need to stay hooked and in place □ There are so many goodies on display that you go from section to section and entice your senses! It was as if I was a kid at a candy store □ ![]() My eyes were wandering from floor to ceiling, east to west and didn’t even know where to begin. Now you may or not know this but I just LOVE getting lost in furniture, décor, art stores anywhere I go and I was just in heaven. The end result is just brilliant and ready to be shown to the world!Īfter touring the second floor, I went down to the first floor for more, eye candy that is. ![]() ![]() It truly is amazing to see all the steps in order to bring a product to life, starting from an idea spark. There was a designer present and at work and behind them was the wall of creations, where prototypes or original ideas are displayed and we can see what process they go through before they come to fruition or become a real product ready to be sold to the public. As I would react before any rock star, I felt a bit nervous but very happy to be in his presence and all I could utter was “your store is incredible” and the rest well I think my mind went blank for a minute or two □ Rowan, was actually in the store at the time of my visit, so my cool guide Corrianna introduced me to him. Next thing I know, I turned around and couldn’t believe my eyes. I loved the bright and vivid colors and shape of the chairs, desk and I imagined how great my office would be if I picked items from the Umbra Shift collection. That’s exactly where I started my tour! As you know I am a very curious and visual person, therefore I went up the set of stairs leading to the second floor. Guests are encouraged to touch and feel the assortment of original products and interact with the store associates as well as product designers who can be found upstairs in the design studio! Their final products, full Umbra and Umbra Shift collections, are displayed in the store and each product has the name of the designer on a tag. On the contrary, these are works of art and the designers put their time, effort, energy and personal touch to them! Their products are not manufactures by the millions and remain lifeless once they hit the shelves. What differentiates Umbra from other companies is that they have on site a team of designers who let their creativity flow and come up with original designs that make life easier while being stylish and unique. Their hard work paid off and the company is recognized the world over for putting life and making regular items design chic, practical and surprisingly very affordable! Both friends let their imagination soar and gave everyday items a brand new look, color and made them into modern ware. He decided to talk about it to his childhood friend, Les Mandelbaum, and together they founded Umbra which in Latin means “shade”. Thus, he decided to create one and showed it to his friends and they liked it very much. One day, a graphic designer, Paul Rowan, was not able to find a nice window shade to hang in his apartment window. If the exterior is quite a sight, just imagine what awaits inside!Īs I entered the store, I read on the left side of the main entrance the story behind the company. Where the stunning pink rectangular building was planned and built by Kohn Shnier Architects in 2007. Its products are so popular and in demand that they are now being sold in 120 countries around the world!ĭuring my visit to Toronto last month, I visited their flagship and concept store which is only a block north of Queen Street Is a Toronto-based, original, creative, innovative and modern home ware company who has been designing and producing one of a kind, modern ware for the past 35 years. Located right in the heart of the Queen Street West District, at 165 John Street to be more precise, Umbra
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