Eternal Helium Balloons By Clémentine Henrion Immortalize Childhood.

As a child, ever wanted your helium balloon to last forever? Never to be accidentally whisked away by the wind or to deflate sadly over time?

Well, 30 year old Paris-based stylist, illustrator and set designer Clémentine Henrion did and that's why she designed the Eternal Helium Balloon, a sculpture that looks just like a helium balloon, but will last forever.



As Clémentine describes them:

"Helium Eternal balloons are proposed as interior design furniture, but also as set design collections for photo shootings, stores windows, showrooms, etc. 
This “illusion” of an helium balloon is entirely made of precious or fancy fabric.

The balloon is stuffed with kapok, like a soft pillow. 
A tiny flap fixed at the top of the balloon helps hanging it to your interior’s ceiling, hook it to a curtain rod, the top of a wall etc.


The key thing is to hang it up as high as possible, in order to recreate the magic illusion of a real flying helium balloon!
The most beautiful effect is obtained in setting a bunch of several balloons together, forming a “balloons bouquet”.


All these pieces are delicately handmade in my own workshop in Paris, in limited edition. Special custom shapes can also be created on request."

Shark:

Icebergs:

Candy:

Cloud:

Rainbow:

Hearts:



If you want a special request, you can contact her here

Otherwise, you can find these charming Eternal Helium Balloons at the following places:
•Her Etsy store
•CITE nyc (New York)
•Lilooka (France)
•Madame LaMarchande (France)
•Mercredi (Belgium)
•Third Drawer Down (Australia)
•KolKid (Canada)

Judson Beaumont's "cartoon" Furniture

Furniture Filled With Whimsy & Straightline designs

Above: The Accordian dresser


Meet The Master of Furniture Whimsy; Judson Beaumont

If you've ever wanted to live in a Looney Tunes Cartoon or have your children's room resemble a scene from Beauty & The Beast or Alice in Wonderland, then Judson Beaumont's quirky and well-crafted furniture is the thing for you.


Above: Judson with his wares at a Japan trade show


With a vivid imagination and the ability to execute and bring the idea to fruition, Judson's company, Straightline Designs (even the name is a jest) has created some of the most fun and unusual dressers, tables and more.


Above: The Boom Dresser, 6 pieces mounted on the wall.


Above: The Bridge bookcase


Above: The Brian Dresser


Above: the Whitney dresser


Above: The Melting Cabinet

His children's room furniture consists of many different dressers, some clocks, and beds that resemble everything form Cinderella's carriage to a locomotive.




In addition to the fun stuff for the nursery, he creates conceptual furniture filled with wit. My favorite being the "Bad" Table (seen below):



Above: The Burnt Legs Table


He clearly has an adult sense of humor as well, check out his Custom "munny" (now sold out) for Voltageland, of the evil Charlie Brown:


After successfully designing furniture with a straightforward approach for years, this artist set out to create something unique for friends who were expecting their first child. He wanted his creation to capture the baby's imagination for years to come. Today, like his first kid-inspired piece, Judson designs some of the most offbeat, whimsical furnishings in the world.

Cartoons like Looney Tunes’ Bugs Bunny and Roger Rabbit, along with the work of innovative architect Frank Gehry, inspire his work.

He has also designed several props for movie and commercial sets and finds his greatest joy in designing play areas for children’s hospitals. “Children always get my work. They respond very positively, unlike adults who often say ‘You can’t do that.'”

Click here to read a nice online article with Judson from Woodworking Web.

Click here to purchase many of his pieces.

Click here to see newer pieces for 2009-2010


Judson's got some competition with Randall and Sharon Porter's new collection called Cartoon Furniture®, see it here.



Another line of stunning whimsical cartoon-like furniture is that of Vincent Thomas Lehman's. See that here

New 2010 post on his new pieces here!