Metro is the go-to umbrella for days where you're not sure what's on the horizon. It conveniently fits in your handbag, tote, or backpack so you're always prepared, whatever the weather. An auto-open button pops open the canopy for instant coverage at your fingertips.
Built with unique 360° spinning technology, the Metro's canopy is designed to elegantly handle knocks when navigating narrow spaces.
The canopy is secured to each rib with removable loops and finished with a decorative outer thread, making it simple to detach for replacement - whether through our workshops or by a confident DIYer.
When BLUNT set out to collaborate with Karl Maughan, the intention was to bring one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most distinctive paintings into motion. The result is a limited-edition umbrella that transforms the canopy into an immersive garden, placing Maughan’s unmistakable visual language into everyday life. There are few paintings of gardens quite as recognisable as those of Karl Maughan. For Maughan, the garden has evolved into a visual language, grown over decades and born from close observation. He gathers photographic records of green spaces, from neighbours’ backyards to renowned public gardens in New Zealand and England, taking “cuttings” from these images and transplanting them into carefully constructed compositions.
The result? Layered, abundant gardenscapes that verge on the fantastical while remaining rooted in reality. For this collaboration, the canopy design is drawn from the 2018 Rawhiti Terrace painting Maughan created for Gow Langsford. It is a careful rendering of a particular garden, half from England and half from Christchurch, layered and abundant in composition. Built through energetic brushwork, the foliage and flora verge on the fantastical while remaining rooted in observation. “I thought it would be fun,” Maughan says of the partnership.
“The garden is my visual language and inspiration. Collaborating with BLUNT means my clear-sky paintings can now brighten up the rainiest day.” Quote by Karl Maughan
Style Collapsible
Diameter 100cm
Closed Length 37.5cm
Weight 385g
Wind tested to 115km/h
