Design is our soul.

It starts with design and ends with design. And for us, that means designing intelligent functions in appealing forms. We bring thought and creativity to everyday items through original design.

We are a Toronto-based homeware design company born over 30 years ago when graphic designer, Paul Rowan, couldn’t find a nice window shade to hang in his apartment window. So, he made one and people liked it. He soon teamed up with childhood friend, Les Mandelbaum, and Umbra (in Latin, “shade”) was born. Les and Paul began re-imagining everyday items into modern ware.

Today, Umbra is recognised all over the world for bringing intelligent design to everyday items. An in-house team of international designers allows us to come up with original design that speaks universally and personally to a broad customer base. The journey that started in Toronto continues—our designs can be found in over 120 countries.

Umbra Shift is an extension of Umbra that focuses on contemporary influences in the design community. For more than 30 years, Umbra has broken the mould by creating entirely new categories that apply thoughtful design to everyday items. Umbra Shift revisits these roots with a roster of established, emerging, and in–house designers who share Umbra’s passion to re-think things, designing personal objects they themselves would want to give or use at home. The result is a collection that expresses diverse points of view, yet sits together with a shared belief in ideas that are functional, familiar and forward thinking.

Brabantia puts all its expertise into developing solid, reliable products that retain their beauty and performance over many, many years. Designed for the present, but made to last.

Brabantia’s product range covers categories like waste storage, food storage, food preparation, laundry care and bathroom articles.

Since its foundation in 1919, the private Dutch company has grown into what Brabantia is today: a successful business with four production units, employing 1.000 employees and active in no less than 85 countries.

Our aim is to enrich lives with beautifully designed product concepts for living and giving that are also a pleasure to use. We care about the products we create and the impact they have on people and the planet. A family company with family values. Concepts with promise, that are made sustainably and leave a better world for generations to come.

We love to recycle. Because we care about what we make and the impact it has on our planet, we design recyclability into all our products. We are moving toward 100% recycling within the next generation. Take our Flatback+®. It’s not just a smart addition to any kitchen, it’s smarter for the planet too.

From kitchenware to hardware, the Prestige brand offers unique, high quality products for your home and office. Since the 1970's our focus has been on bringing innovation, sustainability and increased consumer awareness with each new product we introduce.

From practical and functional to the beautiful and inspirational, Pastiche has the answers to your decorating and storage needs. We have baskets woven from sustainable plants like seagrass, water hyacinth, cane & willow which are recyclable and environment friendly as well as being strong durable and trend focused. The shapes and sizes are designed with your needs in mind from small baskets and trays to large laundry hampers.

All our baskets are hand woven and are both functional and attractive. They are made to the highest quality standard and finish. When you buy Pastiche, you buy quality!

At Richardson Sheffield we are proud of our reputation as a leading British brand and it's our mission to make beautiful, top quality design accessible and affordable to all.

It's a rich heritage that boasts unparalleled expertise and unsurpassed specialist knowledge. Our name is synonymous with uncompromising quality, leading edge design and technological innovation. Now, with no less than 10 stunning new knife ranges launched in the last 3 years, Richardson Sheffield continues to look to the future, because quite simply, we live and breathe knives.

We are delighted to introduce our fabulous new kitchenware brand JOIE (pronounced Joy).

This brand delivers an exciting range of colourful kitchen gadgets and tools, sure to liven up any Kiwi kitchen.

Joie provides a vast selection of kitchenware, novelty gadgets and essential utensils, transforming any cooking experience into an easy one. Best known for their vibrant, colourful novelty collection, they put the fun back into every day cooking. All of Joie's kitchen accessories are designed to simplify your daily culinary tasks and ignite your creative side. Joie's iconic collections are carefully designed with just the right amount of kitsch-y flare. But don’t let the Oink Oinks or Eggys fool you with their cute looks – these products were designed to last.

JOIE HAS GADGETS GALORE FOR EVERY CHORE!

- Where convenience, color, and affordability meet

- Fun and vibrant novelty gadgets

- Innovative essential kitchen tools

- Designed in Canada

Joie means joy... let us help you make your kitchen a more joyful place.