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The emergence of the pop-up bar Pop-up winter and summer bars are everywhere now, appearing suddenly in our cities and disappearing just as quickly when the season is over. Their temporary nature makes them particularly attractive to customers, who are always looking for novelty. An interesting test environment Pop-ups can also provide an ideal test…

You’ll never believe how easy our Cape Wood parasols opens and closes. Do you think opening and closing your terrace parasol is a hassle? Check this short movie and convince yourself that opening and closing your parasol with our autolift system is a piece of cake! Our Cape Wood parasol is made from Eucalytpus wood…

Archi-living, a global web magazine created by architects and designers visited our stand at the Salon del Mobile 2017 in Milan. Our popular and unique Frou Frou parasol caught their attention. Archi-Living was so impressed with the daring design of this remarkable parasol that they wrote a wonderful article about it. Read an excerpt: ……

Our Gulliver Parasol stars in this French TV interview! Our Gulliver parasols stars on French TV! Thanks to our Belgian friends at the Château Castigno in Assignan.

Sywawa has secured a ticket to take part in the Il Salone del Mobile exhibition in Milan from 4 to 9 April. Because this privilege is only granted to the very best in the world, this is already a tremendous achievement. “But that’s no reason for us to be complacent,” says managing director Pierre Christiaens.…

Sywawa’s surprising inside Sywawa is expanding its collection of design parasols for the summer of 2017 with the refined Cache-Cache Wood model. “It has a surprising inside” says Pierre Christiaens, CEO. Wake up! Sywawa is a collection of design parasols that is shaking up the slumbering world of parasols with surprising designs. The slogan “Sunbelievable…

Sywawa is expanding its collection of designer parasols for 2017 with the colourful Tahiti. Designer Mark Gabbertas: ”The Tahiti parasol is a contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional straw beach parasol that is strikingly reminiscent of distant and exotic beaches”. Iconic and contemporary Mark Gabbertas likes to see how far he can go in re-inventing an…

We just love parasols, or umbrella’s, or sunshades, or whatever you may call them. We do have a lot of books on parasols, but we would be glad to hear if you have more of them. Will you let us know? Parasols come in all kinds of dimensions and colours and shapes. We have many…

Why do you need to heat your restaurant or café terrace? Nowadays, people are always keen to sit outside, whenever possible. Even on cold days during autumn and winter. Smokers also need to sit outside all year round. So make sure you give your customers a warm and cosy terrace: it’s what they expect from…

This summer Symo Parasols were awarded the coveted HIB label. Handmade in Belgium is an authenticity label that is awarded exclusively to the manufacturers of authentic and traditionally made products of quality. It gives due recognition to modern craftsmen and women of all kinds. Nowadays, many people are once again looking to buy authentic products,…

Lounging under a tree on a sunny day and enjoying its shade is bliss. That feeling is what Chris Kabel based this classic amongst design parasols on. The Shadylace was born and was one of the first designs to have a permanent place in the Sywawa Sunbelievable Design Parasols collection. The cover is designed with…

Bamboo Beach in Blankenberge show us how creative you can be placing our Frou Frou Parasols! We wish them a great season and many satisfied customers sipping cocktails in the shade of one of our fantastic Frou Frou Beach Parasols! Check-out some pictures of our Frou Frou Parasols on Bamboo Beach.

100 Quattro Parasols for the Grand Place in Sint-Truiden! The municipality of the belgian city of Sint Truiden recently redesigned its central market square. Symo parasols was given the honor of supplying the sunshades. No need to say that we are proud of this wonderful project. Our Quattro parasols helped creating a uniform and classy…

Familly restaurant “de Haven van Huizen” (“the Harbour of Huizen”) in the Netherlands chose our Macsymo Parasol There is no better place to have a great meal than under a giant parasol, alongside a canal at a harbor. Have a look at some pictures of restaurant “de Haven van Huizen”.