i think this is such a cute idea for an umbrella, but honestly, i live in florida- where it rains about 95% of the day, and i'm really not gonna be looking up at my umbrealla to pretend there's a cute little sky up there... but i would carry it so other people would look at me and think i was awesome carrying a cute little sky :D wow. dumbest review ever.

The Mini Sky Umbrella is the first umbrella I've ever seen that is fully automatic. At the push of a button, the umbrella automatically opens or closes by itself. It's great when you are carrying stuff in one hand and the umbrella in the other and you need to enter a building, just puch the button, Voila! Closed. Also, when the skies turn dark and threatening and the rain begins to pour, first push the button to auto-open the umbrella and then look up under the canopy. It has a printed beautiful sunny day pattern with blue skies and hint of puffy white clouds to look at instead of the misery around you. This is definitely one cool umbrella. (via The Green Head)

Blue skies, always!

Brighten the day a bit, for those in the Northwest where it rains most of the year.

Where ever I go I take my own blue sky with me... collapsible

Now I can have blue skies above me even when it's raining outside. How perfect!

The collapsible version of the regula sky umbrella designed by Tibor Kalman that also has this automatic opening-closing system. (via MoMA Store)

Just the right amount of whimsy and quirkiness.