In 1997 we embarked upon an idea to develop a range of gift items working with external designers (former colleagues or prolific designers) who we felt could bring a new dimension to the Inflate brand. We were not fixed on each person creating an inflatable design or gift item. We were more interested in working with them to discover a complimentary process with which to develop new products. It was an experiment but one we guaranteed to produce once the ideas and designs were there.

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We knew from the success of the Inflate gift items that the products needed to be plastic and brightly coloured. We also needed a production process with low tooling costs that wasn’t complicated to set up like injection moulding. Eventually the idea of dip moulding was suggested. We visited a few factories and in the end decided to work with two here in the Uk. Thus the Inflate first dip moulded range of gift items was launched.

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Designed in London | Produced 1997 - 2002