balloons

balloons (16 articles)

object design league: balloon factory

design | 07.08.11
replicating the balloon manufacturing process inside a gallery space, this temporary installation is organized into a production line, with eight stations to illustrate each step.

larry moss: airigami

art | 07.03.11
ranging in works from da vinci to andy warhol, the 'master works' series recreates some of the world's most well-recognized completely out of latex balloons.   

balloon popping flip book

design | 05.05.11
MTV brasil's latest promo ad campaign - more than 600 balloons each featuring animations are popped in sequence to create an effect similar to a flip book.

maarten de ceulaer: balloon bowls

design | 04.18.11
a series of vessels created from casting mass-colored, synthetic plaster into a balloon, after which, a second balloon is inserted and inflated. the balloons act as flexible moulds, resulting in a collection of bo...

hale tenger: balloons on the sea

art | 04.10.11
on display at green art gallery, the video installation by hale tenger recreates the popular turkish pastime of shooting balloons strung along the ocean, creating a split space in which the viewer can move 'behind r...

real-life version of the balloon-floating hou

design | 03.08.11
in a project modeled on the pixar film 'up', national geographic used 300 helium balloons to send a small, manned house 10,000 feet into the skies.

raumlaborberlin: soap opera

architecture | 08.29.10
set at the base of the city's former coal-mining tower and spilling forth to the surrounding site, the project transforms the old colliery into a cultural hub that evokes a cleansing process.

MOS: instant untitled

architecture | 08.24.10
a site specific installation in the courtyard of the U.S pavilion at the venice architecture beinnale 2010, the project is a suspended cluster of weather balloons filled with helium, forming a canopy that will shade...

mark reigelman: white cloud

art | 08.15.10
'white cloud' is an installation comprised of nearly 100 eight-foot weather balloons, a dozen 22-foot steel poles and rope.

MAD architects: state fair guggenheim

architecture | 01.27.10
a large balloon pushes through the ceiling of the guggenheim, floating above the central rotunda of the museum.

maarten collignon: barbapoef

design | 01.21.10
barbapoef is a series of stools in which a large balloon with air is pulled tightly over a wooden block, allowing air to go inside and stays there. it is being exhibited at designer's fair, part of the offsite prog...

diller scofidio + renfro hirshhorn museum bub

architecture | 12.16.09
diller scofidio + renfro is responsible for the design proposal of a 145 foot tall inflatable meeting hall at the hirshhorn museum. the expansion is a large translucent fabric 'bubble' that will swell out of the top...

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