Notebook (umbrella)

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Description

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s Notebook design is one of The Fabric Workshop and Museum’s most iconic collaborations. Initially inspired by standard stationer’s supplies, the design evolved “to look more like the black-and-white blobs on the covers of composition notebooks that American children use in school.” The artists' skillful manipulation of the effects of scale, rhythm, color, and association make it an extremely versatile and popular product design. Here, it's used as the rain proof shell of a beautiful wood-handled umbrella.

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia.

Vinylized printed pigment yardage, wood handle
23 inch radius, 46 inch arc, 40.15 inch diameter

Meet The Artists

A portrait of a man and woman posing for the camera. The woman is wearing a faintly colored patterned dress with a color and sleeves to her elbows. She is seated with hands folded on her lap. The man, who is standing behind her with arms outstretched to rest his hands on a set of chairs on each side of them, is wearing a long sleeve blue dress shirt and a black tie. Behind them is a wall of painted pop designs that suggest furniture.

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown are most known for embracing the American pop vernacular in contemporary architecture. Their long history with FWM resulted in yardage designs and related products as well as floorplans and interior graphics created for our many locations over the years.

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