The Home Design And Manufacturing Company Umbra
Umbra is a home accessories design and furniture manufacturing company which was founded in 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, by childhood friends Les Mandelbaum and Paul Rowan. It opened its first retail store in Toronto in 2007, and today has satellite offices in Brazil, the US, the Netherlands, and China. It now has stores in thirteen other countries, while many of its products are sold through other retailers. In fact, it sells over 2,000 different lines through 25,000+ retailers in 120 countries. The company has its own in-house design team of over 30 designers in Canada and abroad headed by Matt Carr. Many other independent designers have also worked for Umbra including Karim Rashid, Harry Allen, and Hlynur Atlason. In 1996 Rashid designed the Garbo trash can which was named after the actress Greta Garbo and mimics the shape of her body. It is made of polypropylene and available in a range of different colours. In the first two years of production, ...