When Function Meets Whimsy: Grid Transforms the Umbrella Stand - Yanko Design

"There's something delightful about a design that makes you reconsider the mundane. We walk past umbrella stands every day without giving them a second thought. They're just there, practical and forgettable, tucked into corners doing their quiet work. But what if an umbrella stand could be more than a utilitarian afterthought? What if it could be playful, sculptural, and bold enough to earn a spot in your entryway not despite being an umbrella stand, but because of it?"

"That's exactly what Liam de la Bedoyere achieved with Grid, a minimalist umbrella stand that looks less like household furniture and more like a three-dimensional puzzle that escaped from a modern art gallery. The Essex-based industrial designer, who runs Bored Eye studio specializing in furniture and imaginative everyday objects, took inspiration from wine racks to create something that reimagines how we store our rain gear."

"At first glance, Grid is pure visual joy. The bright yellow tubular frame weaves and loops through space, creating a geometric lattice that seems to defy its own simplicity. It's the kind of object that makes you stop and trace the lines with your eyes, following how each rounded bar intersects and overlaps with the next. The design sits somewhere between functional sculpture and architectural model, compact enough for a small apartment yet striking enough to anchor a statement entryway."

Liam de la Bedoyere created Grid, a minimalist umbrella stand inspired by wine racks that reimagines umbrella storage as sculptural furniture. The bright yellow tubular frame weaves and loops into a geometric lattice that reads as both functional sculpture and architectural model. The interwoven bars cradle umbrellas at multiple points, allowing umbrellas to be slid through at various angles and be naturally supported by the structure. Umbrellas become part of the composition, with handles and shafts creating new visual lines that play against the yellow framework. Grid is compact enough for small apartments yet bold enough to anchor a statement entryway.

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