Unusual and interesting umbrella designs!

In the past, we have seen glowing umbrellas, musical umbrellas and a few that hardly looked like an umbrella. Umbrellas are no more boring, when it comes to their design and hi-tech specs. Here is a round-up of some of the most unusual and interesting umbrella designs. Hit the jump to see them all…

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• Water Pistol Umbrella

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An umbrella with a little funnel at the top that sends rain water down the handle into the water pistol grip at the bottom.

• Cloud Umbrella

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The Cloud Umbrella can be carried around in stick form, and then can be inflated into mini-cumulus clouds of protection.

• Filterbrella

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An umbrella that purifies rain water

• Twilight Umbrella

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This umbrella brightens the night with fiber optic lights.

• iPod enabled umbrella

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This one is for the iPod lovers. From Flickr!

• NanoNuno Umbrella

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Nanonanu umbrella keeps itself and your pants dry

• Ambient weather forecasting umbrella

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The Ambient Umbrella lets you know when rain or snow is in the forecast by illuminating its handle.

• Nubrella

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This is I think the sexiest of all! This extraordinary umbrella is for all inclement weather conditions not just rain.

• Pileus umbrella

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Pileus umbrella takes photos with a built-in camera, uploads it to Flickr via wireless internet connection and then lets you view these pics on the inside surface of your umbrella itself.

• Smoker’s Umbrella

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It’s the umbrella with an ashtray for smokers.

• Solar Umbrella

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This umbrella is a wireless lighting solution for places where there is no mains electricity. Unfolding the umbrella automatically turns on the system and it begins generating electricity, which is stored in a built-in battery system.

• Lightsaber Umbrella

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The Darth Vader Lightsaber Umbrella features a realistically styled lightsaber hilt handle with an automatic telescoping pole that holds a 40 inch umbrella.

• Melt Umbrella

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The eco-friendly Melt uses an intuitive tension system that sort of shoots the umbrella open when engaged.

• Multiutility umbrella

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This umbrella shows how a simple innovation can help many people stuck in the rain with no guide or escort or idea about how to get to their destination.

• Oto-Shigure Umbrella

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We better call it a musical umbrella as it features an attached MP3 player, built-in amplifier and four small vibrating motors.

• SENZ umbrella

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SENZ storm-proof umbrella is the perfect product to carry if you have to get out in the stormy weather.

• Inside Out umbrella

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As the name suggests, the unique design allows you to fold back the wet side and turn it into an easy-to-carry bag.

• My Day Umbrella

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My Day umbrella has its fabric made from ePaper, so the umbrella can display any of six different images on its underside.

• Music In The Rain Umbrella

music rain umbrella

This umbrella won’t let you audiophiles get bored while walking alone in the rain.

• Self Standing Umbrella

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The Standing Umbrella has a lightweight and robust design and stands up by itself.

• Double Umbrella

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Two lovers walking down a solitary lane huddled under an umbrella is the classic picture of love.

• Glowing Umbrella

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The Glowing umbrella provides a nice light source for rainy nights and looks so nice.

• LightDrops Umbrella

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The heavier the rain, the brighter the LightDrops Umbrella glows to help you see your way.

• Eco Brolly Umbrella

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The Eco Brolly is an ultra compact collapsible umbrella frame that’s designed to use newspapers, plastic bags etc.

• Tandem Umbrella

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This umbrella is designed like a tandem bike, but make sure your partner is of the same height as you are.