When it comes to creating a promotional umbrella that stands out from the crowd, our expert team excels at delivering fully customized solutions tailored to your exact specifications. With years of experience in the industry, we possess the knowledge and expertise to advise you on the best umbrella models and printing options that align with your brand identity and design vision. By utilizing high-quality materials and fabrics, we ensure that each promotional umbrella we produce is not only visually appealing but also built to withstand the test of time.
Step 1: Selecting the Perfect Frame
The first crucial decision in designing your promotional umbrella is choosing the ideal frame. Consider the desired aesthetic appeal, the intended purpose of the umbrella (e.g., event promotion, giveaway item, advertising medium), and even the type and color of the handle. Our team can guide you through the selection process, helping you find the perfect frame that compliments your brand image and captures the attention of your target audience.
Step 2: Exploring Umbrella Print Options
Determining the most suitable print method for your promotional umbrella can be a daunting task, especially if you’re unfamiliar with the various options available. However, with our expertise, we can guide you through the process seamlessly. By carefully reviewing your artwork, we can recommend the most effective print method that will bring your logo and branding message to life. Considerations such as the number of colors you wish to incorporate and the possibility of color matching your umbrella canopy will all be taken into account to ensure a visually striking result.
Step 3: Unleashing Customization Possibilities
To truly make your promotional umbrella a standout piece, we offer an array of customization options that add an extra touch of uniqueness. Features such as perimeter or rib tape, a printed tie wrap, or a printed sleeve with a handle are available to elevate the overall aesthetic and functionality of your umbrella. These customization choices provide an opportunity to reinforce your brand identity and make a lasting impression on your target audience.
This traditional method of screen printing on umbrellas is highly effective and long lasting. An image is transferred to the umbrella surface by ink, which is pressed through a stencilled “silk” screen and treated with a light-sensitive emulsion. A screen is required for each colour to be printed.
The benefits of screen printing are as follows:
• Excellent reproduction of colour logos
• Cost-effective printing method
• Low cost origination
• Varnish print is available
The print size using this technique on ready made stock umbrellas is roughly A4 size. There is a restriction to not printing to the edge or close to seams.
When we custom manufacture our umbrellas we can screen print the panels completely prior to sewing. This allows amazing effects such all over print and bold messages and branding.
Metallic printing on umbrellas is absolutely possible. We use a variety of inks and print effects for the reproduction of metallic logos and detailed metallic print on our umbrellas.
We don’t use gold coloured ink we use real gold! Our gold and silver inks contain tiny quantities of the base material, making the print iridescent.
We can also match this in with gold material for perimeter tape or inner panels as can be seen on the Mandarin Oriental luxury hotel umbrellas in the image.
Foiling is another superb method of decoration, where metallic foils are used instead of print. This is a more expensive process – but the effects are stunning. Foils come a large range of colours and textures.
This low energy technology dramatically reduces the use of solvents in the printing process. It delivers a range of quality benefits including:
- Excellent print colour matches especially on dark fabric
- Remarkable level of detail for small text and intricate designs
- No limit to print colours possible
- Superb registration between print colours
- Striking reproduction of 4 colour process designs
- Environmentally friendly
- Smooth and even finish
Here at Umbrella Workshop, we pride ourselves on having made brollies for some really BIG brands including; Bollinger, Bentley and Mandarin Oriental Hotels to name a few! Companies like these often employ agencies to take care of promotional products like their logo umbrellas, but we’re just as happy working with more boutique brands looking for premium products with their logos on. So if you’re one of them and in need of a little extra assistance when ordering branded umbrellas, our friendly team at Umbrella Workshop are here to help!
First things first
In order to provide you with a quote for an umbrella, we’ll firstly need to know the sort of style you’re after: a folding ‘telescopic’ design, a traditional golf umbrella, a children’s umbrella or an elegant ‘walker’ style design? Each of these different types comes in different models depending on the size and colour you’re after. We can supply spec sheets or talk you through it on the phone.
Show us your logo
By sending us your logo or other design you want printed on an umbrella, we’ll be able to gauge how many different colours it includes and therefore the price it will cost to print. You should send your logo / design to us in EPS format. This effectively means that it can be resized by us to without any adverse effects in terms of quality when applied to the panel of an umbrella.
If you don’t have a designer who can do this for you, The Umbrella Workshop can provide artwork services at a cost of £30/hour.
- If you have only simple artwork requirements we are happy to re-format into a print ready format.
- Simple text logo in .jpg or word format – this is pretty straightforward and we will prepare it FREE.
- Jpeg or photo of simple logo – this would usually take us an hour to convert.
- Complex drawn design to transfer to digital print-ready format – approx. 2 hours required for this.
On time & on budget
Who doesn’t want their umbrellas delivered on time and on budget? If you already have a price in mind, let us know. We’re lucky to have factories all over the world, allowing us to pick the one that best suits the available timeframe / destination for delivering your umbrellas. We can also suggest using different materials to help you achieve the finished product at the price you had in mind.
Ready to roll? Give us a call at Umbrella Workshop on +44 (0)1225 66 79 79
You have to admit, in the UK especially, that a brolly (or two) will always come in handy. So handy that some bright spark has started selling folding umbrellas from vending machines! It was only ever a matter of time. We spotted this one at a train station in the South West and would’ve given it a go – had we been caught without our old faithful Umbrella Workshop branded brolly. Compact it may be, yet sturdy enough to survive some pretty stormy weather as well… it’s really stood the test of time.
It’s not unusual to come across mangled umbrellas discarded in the street, or hanging out of dustbins after a storm has passed. However, every model we supply comes with a three year guarantee as standard. They’ve all been specially designed to withstand their fair share of wind and rain, as The Umbrella Workshop prides itself on producing umbrellas that are built to last.
Premium umbrellas
Durable and beautiful are two v. important aspects of our premium umbrellas, which is what makes them so popular with luxury brands wanting to ensure their own high standards are replicated in promotional or corporate merchandise bearing their name.
Make your mark on any model
There’s no doubt that folding or ‘telescopic’ style umbrellas are incredibly convenient for keeping with you ‘just in case’. However, the more heavy duty design of the traditional golf umbrellas is ideal for outdoor events and just what you want to protect you from a torrential downpour. Meanwhile, the popular ‘walker’ style umbrellas are real fashion accessories in themselves with an optional wooden handle and other features like engraved neck rings to help you stand out from the crowd.
Style & substance
We want the people using our umbrellas to enjoy them, thanks to custom options such as comfort gel handles, stylish wooden shafts and stunning double printed canopies. But of equal importance is how these umbrellas look to everyone else – their ability to convey a message or keep a particular brand in people’s mind. Umbrella canopies offer a generous surface area for branding and our team is on hand to help ensure your design looks as striking as it possibly can.
There’s a brolly out there for every occasion, so don’t get caught short! For premium branded umbrellas you can count on, contact The Umbrella Workshop.
There’s more to branded umbrellas than meets the eye – printing your logo on the outside is just the start…
Read on to discover five cool custom options for our premium pieces:
Pantone matching
Company colours play an important part in branding, so you’ll want to make sure that your promotional umbrellas represent them in the most accurate way. That’s why we offer a Pantone matching service for fabric, zips and other trimmings. Printing on Pongee (high quality polyester) can affect the way colours are rendered. That’s why we use a dedicated Pantone colour chart.
You can access our pantone colour chart.
Engraving
It’s the attention to detail and final flourishes that really set our premium range of promotional umbrellas apart from the rest. The option to engrave the metal handle neck ring on the handle is a popular choice for those who want to make the most of the areas available for branding.
Stress ball handle
Wooden and silicon handles are all well and good, but our special ergonomic handles never fail to impress. A bit like a memory foam pillow, they adjust to fit the contours of your hand. You can also add a handle decal to the end.
Novelty designs
Not all umbrellas are created equal… They come in different shapes and sizes, including unusual square shapes and wine bottle designs. We even have an incredible ‘light sabre’ style umbrella in our collection, which lights up at the push of a button.
Double canopy
What we mean by this is a print on the inside of your umbrella. It might be limited to printed a design along the outside (like this London skyline umbrella) or include an entirely bespoke creation, such as the bespoke map on the inside of this … umbrella, which shows you where to find other restaurants in the chain around London.
Get in touch with us at The Umbrella Workshop to request a quote or to discuss the full range of options available.
This summer, Georgian Bath (a UNESCO World Heritage Centre, no less) is looking more photogenic than ever before – hard to believe, we know, but it’s thanks in part to the installation of Umbrella Street in the city’s SouthGate development.
As umbrella connoisseurs, we’re obviously BIG fans of the rainbow brollies and the cheery touch they’ve brought to the shopping district… come rain or shine!
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen or heard of Umbrella Street, either. There was a similar display in Agueda in Portugal in 2011. Photos of it were shared the world over and with the installation proving so popular, it’s been followed up with more displays every summer since then.
They’ve been seen decorating Borough Market in London, as well as Anne’s Lane in Dublin. Who knows where they’ll pop up next…?
Simple yet incredibly effective (not unlike our own umbrellas) these brollies have all done a great job of attracting attention with their striking appearance while proving their worth by providing shoppers with some shelter from the elements as well. Who says functional can’t be beautiful?!
Here at The Umbrella Workshop, we pride ourselves on producing beautiful umbrellas with top quality printed designs on behalf of some of the world’s most famous names in food & drink, travel & tourism, fashion & retail, health & beauty – to name but a very few.
Check out our printed umbrella gallery to see some of the stunning designs in our portfolio. We’ve worked with everyone from Bentley and Bollinger to Monaco Tourism and RBS, so you’ll be in safe hands working with the trusted and experienced team at The Umbrella Workshop. Send us an enquiry now!
For tailor-made umbrellas of the highest quality – or literally fit for a queen – look no further than The Umbrella Workshop! Earlier this year, we were approached to make an umbrella specifically to protect her majesty from the unpredictable Great British weather. Having already produced some very special umbrellas in our time (for designers and diplomats alike) our team rose to the challenge and delivered something suitably regal… complete with royal crest, of course.
What kind of umbrella gets the royal sign of approval?
All our umbrellas are produced to the highest quality and come with a two year guarantee as standard. So rest assured, each and every customer gets the ‘royal treatment’ and umbrellas that are both remarkably durable and incredibly handsome.
But if you want an insight into the various elements that set this particular design apart from other exciting umbrella based projects we’ve worked on, you’ll find HM The Queen’s spec outlined below:
- Canopy: Red, white and blue (what else?) fabric known as ‘pongee’ – printed, then stitched together
- Shaft & Frame: Pantone matched red, unusual and distinctive
- Handle: comfort grip
- Printed and manufactured here in the UK, with the added benefit of shorter lead times and savings made on shipping
So if you’d like logo umbrellas fit for a queen – our clients are in great company! – then submit your enquiry to us via our quick quote form and we’ll be in touch. Our umbrellas can be extra-large or telescopic small… it’s up to you.
For more on the design options we offer, ranging from contrasting perimeter tape to novelty shaped umbrellas, handle engraving to custom packaging, check out our custom umbrella design options page.
The Umbrella Workshop produces and distributes tailor-made umbrellas all over the world, so we’re busy all year round as you can always guarantee its rainy season somewhere! That said, as specialists in umbrellas of various shapes, sizes and colours, it was only a matter of time before printed parasols became part of our range as well… Come rain or shine, you can count on The Umbrella Workshop to protect your customers and even your products themselves from the elements in style!
Our custom-made parasols – case study
We’ve made stunning promotional parasols for the likes of Marshfield Ice Cream. They asked us to produce a design to complement their distinctive black and white cow print colour scheme. So where there’s ice-cream to be sold, our printed parasols will be working hard to attract the attention of passers-by, while protecting the sellers and their wares from melting in the heat. Multi-tasking is what they do best.
Our promotional parasols are built to last and available in a range of designs. From traditional garden style parasols to large square canopy parasols, we have a range of parasol styles and frames with easy opening and closing and different base options. Promotional parasols provide a cost-effective way of promoting your brand.
Get in touch for a quick quote!
