Color-changing brolly lightens up even the heaviest downpour

Damian Koh | Jul 10, 2009

Unlike the copious high-tech brollies we've written about on Crave Asia, the Skyline Squidarella is a few steps back to our aquadoodling days. Available on Beyond the Valley for US$36, this brolly has an unassuming monochrome print on a dry day, but morphs instantly into a multicolored umbrella when wet. Its color-phasing properties stem from hydrochromatic ink technology which, according to Wikipedia, was developed by Pilot Ink, a subsidiary of Pilot Pen in Japan. The design is set on the London skyline with the London Eye in the background, but we're sure no one in Asia would mind the UK-centric skyscape if the bright colors make it less of a dread to head out into a downpour, right?

Via Dvice

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