We've compressed it, expanded it and blown it ad infinitum. The following picture is a brief overview of inflatable objects recently developed by the designers of Italy's most prestigious manufacturers of furnishings and decorator items. Click on the object you would like to see. The 1950's witnessed the flowering of the plastics industry and the refinement of thermal sealing technology, closing the seams of airtight plastic material. Light and easily transportable, these objects could be moved and transformed, unhampered by the constrictions of time and space, in short, the basic principle behind inflatable design, one of the most simple and yielding expressions speaking out against static precepts and rigid materials.
Inflatable objects have a rather fluid image which is in a constant state of transformation.
The industry began to offer simple, low-cost solutions which flew in the face of accepted concepts of furniture and decor.