Freesheets - the plague of the 21st century city. Rehashed news and aggressive distributors who will shove a copy of their paper into your hands whether you want them or not. G.a.h.
But this designer is hoping she's found a use for them. The Unbrella is a concept which allows you to insert your crappy newspaper into the umbrella skeleton, and use the paper as a canopy. Perfect, unless you get a seriously heavy downpour (or unless you're in a freesheet-free location, lucky sod).
[via Yanko Design]
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