Susu Umbrella Holder

This is the sort of thing we would normally just tweet about, but the Susu umbrella case with ‘super absorption power’ kinda won us over. This thing is just a great carry product.

Jam your wet umbrella in, zip it up, and then rapidly forget about it. The internal shag pile carpet absorbs any rain remnants, letting you get on with life.

We like it, and award an honorary Doctor of Carryology to the designer. Oh, and other to Google translate, which gave us the heading “Bichobichoninaranai even if wet umbrella bag in it!”

Via Notcot and SPGRA.

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Simple is kinda nice…

For all our love of feature rich bags, there’s times when the Ikea bag or a simple wrap forms the perfect carry aid.

So here’s a little look in to the timeless art of Furoshiki – that beautiful Japanese way to carry things using a simple fabric square.

After the jump…

The Japanese Ministry for the Environment launched Mottainai Furoshiki in 2006 as an initiative to reduce waste. This Furoshiki was the key message piece.

Furoshiki for many Japanese are like skate decks for many street artists – an amazing canvas to get creative on.

And then there’s the Furoshiki inspired products:

Seto's Furoshiki laptop wrap

Sorry for teasing – unfortunately this is no longer available

And a PSP cover from WaSaBi

Yeah, that’s probably enough for now…

If you want to explore more, furoshiki.com has a number of good resources, YouTube is gold as always, and Kirai has a few good basics.

We’d love to know if you guys have any favourite tricks with Furoshiki inspiration?

To kick it off, the top photo is of my better half, carrying our BYO wine with a head scarf. When finished carrying, the scarf goes back around her hair.

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