Its designers – Croatian-Austrian design collective Numen/For Use – have been creating large-scale interactive sculptures since 1998. With these sculptures they explore the use of different materials to build with.
This most recent sculpture, Net Blow-up, is inflated much like a children’s jumping castle with a pump. As it inflates and the outer surface reaches adequate tension, the nets within are stretched. The interior forms what its designers refer to as a floating landscape or an oversized community hammock for the public.
The Net Blow-up was recently displayed near the waterfront in Yokohama, Japan. Measuring 10 x 6 x 6 metres, visitors enter on the ground level.