Since the name is evocative (suggesting a collection of umbrella-like things, fungi, or a digital archive project), I’ve written this in a speculative, curious tone. You can easily adapt the bracketed details to fit your specific project.
So we archive. We hoard the domes, the caps, the canopies. Because somewhere in the long family of umbrelloids, there is a design that will teach us how to better shelter one another. umbrelloid archive
The archive contains high-resolution scans of 19th-century naturalist illustrations, specifically those of Ernst Haeckel. His intricate renderings of jellyfish (Discomedusae) are considered the "sacred texts" of the umbrelloid aesthetic. Why the Archive Matters Since the name is evocative (suggesting a collection
The Umbrelloid Archive is not a remedy. It is a repository—a humane mechanism that keeps what would otherwise leak away. It understands that memory is messy and that weather, like sorrow and joy, will always be coming. Its shelves are generous and patient; they will hold your rain until you are ready to carry it again. We hoard the domes, the caps, the canopies
The Umbrelloid Archive is also home to a vast collection of whimsical wonders, including: