Inflatable Space, Penttinen Schöne, 2010
Commissioned as an interactive arts project in Essex, England, this swollen, whimsical structure is now used as a kid-friendly pavilion for a housing estate.
An animation shows the structure inflating.
The CD blankets were draped over inflatable mounds.
A firepit and an inflatable hot tub with a wicker surround add a bit of luxury to Joe and Rachel’s Venice Beach rental.
The troublemaking inflatable duck Porsche 911 is seen bouncing around on the telephone wires.
The living space and bedrooms are separated by two small courtyards. Linda Taalman reclines in a small, inflatable wading pool in the home's "firecourt," facing south toward the desert.
The east-facing pool terrace is outfitted with a series of Eos lounge chairs (and plenty of inflatable swim toys).
"The irreverent meets the sublime in this animated short film that follows an all-star automotive cast from around the world," Labrooy says of his newest work, The Future Ain't the Same as it Used to Be. "Elegant British classics mix with inflatable German autos and chopped up American metal."
Inflatable armchair be Tehila Guy
Inflatable lounges are a travel-friendly way to soak up the sunshine.
Hovding inflatable bicycle helmet by Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin
Inflatable structures connect the individual pods to create multiple modular configurations.
Ark Nova inflatable concert hall | Anish Kapoor & Arata Isozaki
Ark Nova inflatable concert hall | Anish Kapoor & Arata Isozaki
Ark Nova inflatable concert hall | Anish Kapoor & Arata Isozaki
Ark Nova inflatable concert hall | Anish Kapoor & Arata Isozaki
Blow, Inflatable Armchair. 1967, Paolo Lomazzi, Donato D'Urbino, Jonathan De Pas
The backyard is still in progress but in this picture you can see a fire pit and a covered patio with an inflatable jacuzzi.
Tsuyoshi and Maya Ohama and their daughters, nine-year-old Nana and seven-year-olds Kano and Yuno, use the narrow strip leading up to their Hirano, Osaka, home as a driveway or, during summer, a spot for their inflatable pool.
Speaking of spheres: the inflatable Casabubble is a futuristic take on "glamping"; imagine inflating this baby in the middle of the woods. It can run on a car battery!
The contents of this inflatable chair—shrimp, peas, corn, and carrots—would be the perfect addition to the fried rice you're making for dinner tonight.
Float the day away among buoyantly brilliant colors, owning-the-outré patterns, singular shapes, and, for good measure, unapologetically inflatable upholstery.
A collaboration between Lauren Currier, Nadine Foik, and Pachara Kangchirdsri, Ageless uses an inflatable floor system, temperature-regulating textiles, and social connections to address mobility issues tied to agining.
A plan view of an autonomous CURA module, which can fit two beds. The circular shapes that run perpendicular to the unit on the left side are the walls of the inflatable corridor connecting to other pods.
Like much of Moooi's output, the web-like Random pendant experiments with materials and processes. Each light is created when a resin-drained yarn is randomly coiled around an inflatable beach ball.
The Random Pendant light is created when a resin-drained yarn is randomly coiled around an inflatable beach ball. Once the sphere is set, the beach ball is deflated and extracted through a round opening.
Made with biodegradable TPU—a material sometimes referred to as the bridge between rubber and plastic—Mojow’s inflatable YOMI Sofa (electric pump included) comes in four translucent options plus opaque white and rests on a black metal or wood frame.
Raumlabor berlin is also known to be particularly experimental with mobile and inflatable architecture that serve as pop-up gathering spaces. This is Raumlabor's Kitchen Monument, a mobile pneumatic structure that was the site for many events and discussions throughout the opening of the Biennale.
Min | Day dreamed up this inflatable dwelling. A compact trailer (pictured in the back left) houses the structure when not in use. When inflated, the barriers-free interior space is meant to encourage creative interpretations and interactions.
Alex Mustonen, one half of the Snarkitecture duo, explains details of installations both past and future (including their recently announced inflatable canopy entrance at this year's Design Miami). Snarkitecture is in the businesses of looking for, or creating, the unexpected in architectural design.
Seattle fashion stylist Kristin Myllenbeck couldn’t find an inflatable pool fit for an adult (or two), so she made her own in nontoxic, heavyweight vinyl. The 65-inch Mylle Pool is now offered in a variety of prints and colors, but we’re partial to the black-and-white gridded “Original.”
The couch, armchair, and ottoman were all pleasantly squishy to the touch, and while they both look a little bit like the inflatable vinyl furniture that enjoyed a moment in the sun in the early 2000s, they’re perfectly inoffensive. (For me, that’s a feature, not a bug.)
Throughout the space are student installations. One of the second-year classes, in fact, requires each student to choose a location in the building and create a site-specific work, which has ranged from an inflatable object taking over a classroom to 3,000 plastic cups of water placed in the entry.
Cristal Bubble, by Pierre Stéphane Dumas, 2014
This plastic-wrapped hotel room debuted in France, yet its inflatable design lets travelers sleep under the stars anywhere they please (anywhere secluded enough for see-through walls, that is). The spheres are available to rent in several Western European countries.
Bubble Boy, Roses Swimming Pool, Rome. Site of water polo preliminaries during the 1960 Games. The day I visited, an aquatic supply company had brought inflatable bubbles that children (and even adults) could enter and use to walk across the water. Photo by Jon Pack.
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