September 2008 Dear SENZ friend, It has taken a little longer than expected, but here is the latest SENZ Umbrellas update. It is not that we had nothing to tell you, cause a lot of new, great and unexpected things have happened to us over the past few months. So sit back, relax and read about our latest stormy adventures. And don't forget to enjoy the weather. It makes SENZ! Kind regards, The SENZ team, Gerwin, Gerard, Philip, Annet, Marcia, Martin, Niels, Peter, Robert, Thiemen and Yoben SENZ XL wins the most prestigious design award of America The newly introduced SENZ XL has won the most coveted design award of the USA: the Gold International Design Excellence Award. The jury was impressed by the extra large SENZ umbrella: "Besides being gorgeous, this product is brilliantly conceived, surprising and satisfying in function. This product is a vast improvement on its predecessors." We're extremely proud to get this award and it feels like the next chapter of our American dream! SENZ taking over the Japanese skies! Recently, we were able to further increase our global presence. Since our market introduction in the land of the rising sun, the Japanese people seem to be crazy about SENZ! Several Japanese television shows have already presented SENZ in their broadcasting. Check out these cool videos of two Japanese breakfast shows featuring SENZ in their own unique way: video 1 and video 2. NEW: Our online store locator Our goal is to be close to our SENZ ambassadors all over the world. To help you find the nearest store that offers SENZ products, we launched the STORE LOCATOR on our website. By entering your ZIP code or streetname and city you are able to easily find the nearest store selling SENZ. Although currently you can search for stores only in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg, shops in other countries are expected to be included soon! NOW exclusively available: SENZ Bright White! Since it is our goal to continuously innovate and surprise you with great new products several times a year, we are proud to present our latest model: the SENZ Bright White umbrella! This hot accessory is available for the SENZ Mini, Original and XL, and is now exclusively for sale in our webshop. Insiders already consider the SENZ Bright White as their ultimate Christmas gift to enlighten those dark winter days that are coming up... FUN STUFF: the making of… SENZ Bright White Last year, one of the most important events in Gerwin’s life was planned: his wedding. To continue to impress Marijke, his future wife, he was eager to surprise her with something extraordinary. One day, very early in the morning, he finally saw the light. And it was bright! To make sure that nobody knew about his plans, he secretly went up to his tiny 250 sq ft office past working hours. After multiple evenings and nights full of sewing and stitching, his wedding gift was completed: A white SENZ neatly decorated with lace!    This first edition of the SENZ Bright White was such a success that Gerard also had to impress his bride with a SENZ Bright White umbrella when he got married a couple of months ago. The responses at these weddings were so good, that we decided to add Bright White to our assortment for good. Check out Gerwin and his beautiful bride Marijke with the first prototype of the SENZ Bright White umbrella on the left, and Gerard and his beautiful bride on the right! Two additional colours for the SENZ XL Due to the popularity of Ocean Blue and Sparkling Silver for the Mini and Original umbrellas, we're now introducing them for the SENZ XL too! Order the SENZ XL in your favorite colour now in our webshop. COOL STUFF: SENZ in the news [+] Click on the image for an enlarged version SENZ Umbrellas Rotterdamseweg 145 2628 AL Delft The Netherlands feedback@senzumbrellas.com (+31) 15 285 5022 Copyright (C) 2007 SENZ Umbrellas BV. All rights reserved. Send this newsletter to a friend