tianhony@andrew.cmu.edu – 99-361 A: Inflatables https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2022a Spring 2022 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:01:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2022a/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-CMU-inflatables-S18-web-image2-5.jpg tianhony@andrew.cmu.edu – 99-361 A: Inflatables https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2022a 32 32 In the World — Catherine https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2022a/in-the-world-catherine/ https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2022a/in-the-world-catherine/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:01:45 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2022a/?p=7229 Continue reading "In the World — Catherine"]]> Arthur Analts, a london-based artist and designer, made a series of moving and inflatable sculptures using balloons in a constrained frame. I find the idea of inflating in a confined space very interesting. The tension between expansion and constraints create compelling effects.

‘The oppressed’ was created in response to black lives matter: the ongoing struggle of the international civil rights movement.

Below are a few more pieces in the same series of works.

]]> https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2022a/in-the-world-catherine/feed/ 0 Catherine Yu – Improvisational Inflatable https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2022a/catherine-yu-improvisational-inflatable/ https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2022a/catherine-yu-improvisational-inflatable/#respond Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:17:48 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2022a/?p=6908 Continue reading "Catherine Yu – Improvisational Inflatable"]]> I First started with just two colors and cut into small pieces of irregular shapes. I was curious to see the effect of connecting irregular shapes together.

But I soon realized that it is very difficult to connect and tape irregular shapes together, and in order to close it, I added a piece of red plastic to it. This piece turned out to be more “regular” than I expected. I also ran out of the given tape during the first piece, so I used packaging tape for the rest of the assignment.

  • Original Speed
  • 2x Speed

For this second piece, I cut the plastic into much larger pieces, and also cut strips to connect the larger ones. I wanted to explore the overall shape so my goal was to make a letter “C”, but not the perfect “C”.

I really like how this turned out to be, and how the corners affect the overall shape after inflation. I also find it interesting that there is a repeatable directional change when inflated/deflated.

  • Original Speed

For this last one, I wanted to create a irregular 3D shape. Learned from the first inflated piece, I cut the plastic bags into larger pieces instead of smaller pieces. This time if was lot more successful and I specifically really enjoyed the final breathing effect.

  • Original Speed
  • Original Speed
  • 3x Speed
  • 3x Speed

The biggest overall challenge that I had was the air leaking. I tried to use an air-pump to inflate my closed-up pieces, but because I have so many leakages, the small air-pump that I had was not pumping fast enough.

Another challenge that I encountered was the packing tape being too rigid. As a result, the parts that had too much tapes weren’t inflating as well.

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