Inflatable Cube

Eric Fan & Rusudan Dushuashvili2025 RISD MID 2026

Insructors: Matthew Muller (Pneuhaus)

materials: Nylon ripstop fabric

This project started with a simple question: how can we mimic the surprise effect of inflatables, the way they suddenly demand space, take over, and shift everything around them? 

Starting from “impossible” inflatable shape - Cube, we hid three different structures inside it and zipped away. Once the cube inflates and you unzip those hidden spots, the structures pop out unexpectedly, breaking the cube’s clean geometry and transforming it into something more chaotic and alive.  Making people move aside, dictating the space like it's claiming territory.


Inside the cube

Entrance -  through the pink tube.
Pope mobile

One of the emerging forms is a white semi-transparent structure, inspired by the Pope Mobile.


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