I choose a design that would reduce the amount of parts it takes to build the umbrella. I felt like this was a part of the cradle to cradle aspect of the competition. In studio we did an analysis of the umbrella and one of the major issues was the number of flimsy parts on the umbrella. There were over 100 parts and they were not very durable nor were they able to be used again after the umbrella was broken. So that was one of my major goals for this project.

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