Founded by Usman Haque in 2007 as Haque Design + Research to work on interactive architecture and community platforms, the company relaunched as Umbrellium in 2013 with a mission to create 'engaging cities'.
Umbrellium website, 2021
Umbrellium works with ambitious cities and organisations round the world to create everything from spectacular interactive architecture and participatory platforms to dynamic streetscapes and urban technology infrastructure.
Umbrellium case studies, 2014
Umbrellium's mission in the coming years is to respond tactically to the climate crisis by reinforcing connections between human, natural and urban systems.
Umbrellium projects, 2021
Some of Umbrellium's projects
Starling Crossing - interactive pedestrian crossing
WearAQ - toolset and community engagement methodology designed for people to act collectively on air quality issues
Urban Innovation Toolkit - for helping plan urban technology projects by methodically organising and joining up problems, stakeholders, methods, evidence and impact
WearON - platform that makes it quick and easy for designer and coders to build connected and 'sociable' wearables that interact with each others' data