Inflatables for art and design
Art and beauty in a single breath
Inflatables for art and design
Beauty and lightness merge in the FLY IN atelier, giving life to veritable inflatable sculptures. For this reason, we have increasingly become a point of reference for artists and designers who want to break traditional paradigms through their works.
FLY IN is thus a valuable ally for artists, innovators and experimenters in many fields – from design and theatre to staging. The basic materials are air and fabric. Creativity is the glue.
“Inflatable design” is the ability to sculpt air. It is the new frontier that FLY IN opens up to artists and designers, as a source of inspiration for contemporary art creations and unconventional installations.
Among the most important works made by FLY IN are inflatables for Gufram, such as the Pratone magnified to allow an immersive experience and the most famous cactus in the world. Thanks to FLY IN, the latter became a 6-meter inflatable, faithful down to the last detail to the series of original objects, having sailed the Venice lagoon on a small boat during the 2015 Biennale. Subsequently, the company was protagonist at three different versions of the FuoriSalone2022.
Our art and design inflatables are the perfect combination of artistic ingenuity and craftsmanship. Each project is a blank canvas on which to paint bold ideas, to be transformed into three-dimensional reality thanks to experience and passion.
FLY IN was called upon to shape settings for extraordinary events – from the Opening Ceremony of the Rio Games to the Closing Ceremony for the Ashgabat Olympics.
We created the inflatable Orgoglio Italia logo for 2015 Expo and collaborated with great designers such as Maurizio Cattelan for Les Galeries Lafayette and Jonathas de Andrade for the Brazil Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale.
In both cases of the Tree of Life at the Expo and the installation for the Biennale, the works presented an absolutely innovative and unique applied technology – the inflatables came out of a small opening measuring just 50 centimetres and from which they were inflated and deflated dozens of times a day, for six months.
Each of our inflatables is a declaration of style and innovation, able to delight and fascinate even in iconic contexts such as the Superstudio rooftop in Milan or the aforementioned Galeries Lafayette in Paris.
The Anglo-Saxons call it “Inflatable design,” and it is the ability to sculpt the air. It is the new frontier that FLY IN opens for artists and designers, a source of inspiration for contemporary art realizations, installations that cannot be made with traditional materials, stage sets.
Authentic works of art that can be moved and relocated, from an open space to an enclosed area or else from a gallery to a museum or from a piazza to the large façade of a building. Like all inflatables made by FLY IN, they are tear-resistant and have no problem being inflated and deflated, to amaze an ever-changing audience.
The volume “Air Fundamental” for the Special Didactic Structure of Architecture of Syracuse from the University of Catania, coordinated by Architect Vincenzo Latina, published on the occasion of the 14ᵗʰ International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, talks about pneumatic architectures that “have demonstrated the possibility of transforming dynamic pressure into the exploration of new theoretical and operational paradigms”.
This is an interdisciplinary study in an “interweaving of theoretical research and experimentation, and critically explores the changes taking place”, reaching the conclusion that “the collision between architectures and pneumatic membranes generates a new balance that opens up unexpected possibilities of life and use”. To do so, the pool of experts brings for example works by FLY IN with Blaublobbing by Loris Cecchini, The Hand for the show by Virgilio Sieni, March, Yuichi Yokoyama‘s sculpture costumes for the Dewey Dell company or the Time Capsule, an inflatable structure created for artist Eva Frapiccini that has been travelling the world in a suitcase since 2012.
Certifying recognition of the quality and creativity of the works of FLY IN is the return of some clients year-after-year, set-up after set-up. This is the case of Toiletpaper, Galeries Lafayette, Loris Cecchini, brands such as Fendi, Dior, Gufram, Louis Vuitton and Bottega Veneta. With each new FLY IN project, the air is literally sculpted to bring ideas to life.
Shaping, modelling and dressing the air is our mission. Indeed, each inflatable is tailor-made, with extreme attention to detail. Our artisan sewers stitch every piece with precision and passion, guaranteeing an impeccable result. Advanced technology allows us to integrate innovative solutions, making each installation easy to transport and assemble, thanks to intuitive systems and detailed instructions.
With the inflatables for art and design by FLY IN, the imagination knows no limits. Each project is a new creative challenge, an opportunity to innovate and delight. Our dedication to excellence and environmental sustainability guides us in each realisation, ensuring that every inflatable is not only a work of art but also environmentally-friendly.
Choose FLY IN for your artistic and design projects to find out how we can transform your vision into an extraordinary inflatable reality.
