Umbrosa Umbrellas

The Belgium-based company Umbrosa is a brand synonymous with classy and sophisticated, flexible and sustainable shade solutions, ideal for both residential and commercial settings. Employing all that is practical about a standard outdoor parasol, then boldly experimenting with varietal shapes, styles, and functions, Umbrosa works tirelessly to provide shade solutions that combine simplicity and understated elegance with a never-before-seen technology – giving new meaning to the words “easy-to-operate umbrella.” Umbrella’s fine umbrella and parasol range consists of an elite group of purposefully developed umbrella collections – the cantilevered Spectra; the simplistic Infina; the wall-mounted Paraflex; the design-forward, leaf-shaped Icarus; the round, offset Eclipsum; the Ingenua shade sails. Each collection combines functionality and ergonomics to ensure protection from the sun in its own unique and stylish way.

When Umbrosa says it is a 100-percent Belgian organization, it means it. From development and design to assembly to shipping, the entire process is done in-house from the company’s headquarters in Roeselare – a town in the Belgian province of West Flanders about 25 miles south of Bruges. The in-house production chain allows the company to maintain quality control over every stage of the manufacturing process. It all begins with the seamstresses who carefully inspect the fabrics and subsequently, transform them into canopies. Before reaching consumers, Umbrosa’s creations have already passed through many skilled hands and been looked over by many pairs of scrutinizing eyes. The manual assembly of its umbrellas is Umbrella’s final physical check that guarantees utter perfection.

Nature is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for Umbrosa’s designs. Just as trees and plants uniquely provide shade for themselves and their habitat, Umbrosa relies on the ingenious aspects of nature to develop its multifunctional and innovative shade creations. The luxury umbrella brand’s team of designers pays special attention to the character of nature and the daring creativity of each design. And while design trends are considered, Umbrosa ultimately strives for timelessness.

If you’re stylish, soothing shade for your pool or patio is what you’re after, we invite you to browse Umbrosa’s extraordinary outdoor umbrella collection here online, or in person at CLIMA Home’s Miami showroom.

Materials

All Umbrosa umbrellas are made with either polished stainless steel, hot-dipped galvanized steel, or anodized aluminum (known for its durability and minimal weight) and UV-resistant, water-repellent fabrics from Sunbrella or the brand’s proprietary fabric, Solidum. All materials are designed to be durable and weather-resistant to ensure long-lasting shade year after year. Being an environmentally responsible company, Umbrosa uses as many recycled materials as possible.

Umbrosa has also developed a vast color collection, allowing customers to create a perfect match between their umbrellas or shades and their outdoor furniture, accessories, or decor. As an added bonus, the hardware can be matched as well. The Spectra, Infina, and Ingenua collections, for example, can be lacquered in any RAL (Europe’s color-matching system) color.

Designers

The R&D team at Umbrosa develops new products while constantly seeking to improve the brand’s current collections. It also works with some of the biggest names in international design, whose creative vision and innovative ideas continue to reimagine and reinvent concept of traditional umbrellas. Designers include:

• Flemish furniture designer Dirk Wynants (Infina and Spectra collections), whose new Spectra UX Culture cantilever umbrella was a winner in the 2020 Archiproducts Design Awards
• young Antwerp-based design studio Bundl led by Thomas Van Halewyck, Maxime Sureda, and Nicolas Cap (Icarus Collection)
• architects Nicolas Verraver and Gauthier Desplanque of Belgian-based studio NG Design (Eclipsum Collection)
• Belgian designer Pieter Willemyns, Product Development Manager at Umbrosa (Ingenua Collection)
• Belgian designer Peter Leleu, Sales Manager at Umbrosa, who conceived the Paraflex Collection in 1999

Projects

Umbrosa’s umbrella collections are used on the terraces, patios, and decks of some of the most luxurious resorts, hotels, and outdoor restaurants in more than 80 countries around the world. Projects include: TownHouse Hotel Duomo in Milan; 7 Secrets Resort & Wellness Retreat in Indonesia; Conrad Koh Samui in Thailand; Hotel Villa Piedimonte, Amalfi Coast, Italy; Lotte Hotel Saigon in Vietnam; South Lodge Hotel & Spa in West Sussex, England; Velassaru Resort, Maldives; Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Dubai; Laguna National Golf Resort Club in Singapore, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo.

“An original idea makes design distinctive, but function makes it work.”