Blimpus at Kickstarter

The Blimpus toy project at Kickstarter has less than two weeks to go and it’s not yet at its goal. This inflatable designer toy is a cute idea, but unless several people jump up and contribute soon this one’s going to fail.

As designers we pretty much want to put graphics on EVERYTHING. We’ve done t-shirts, posters, skateboards, and anything flat and easy to print on. But now we want to explore beyond flatland and into the round, bulbous world of inflatable characters as custom, collectible art. What we’ve created is a blank, inflatable canvas with a big silly head to paint on and feet to stand on. They’re a bit over two feet tall, with stubby legs and they’re made of an ink-receptive PVC vinyl.