Models wearing balloons

Balloon fashion by Rie Hosokai, who is also known as "Daisy Balloon." Via.

*Previously: Jason Hackenwerth's balloon monsters.

*By balloon animal kits at Amazon.

Skywalkers parade for Scion

In 2006, Friends With You curated and produced 18 balloons for the Skywalkers parade in Miami.

*Previously: Giant Friends With You Mascots.

*Buy Friends With You toys at eBay.

Pixar puts reporters in the air to promote UP!

As part of the promotion for Pixar's UP!, people actually get balloon rides:

Aloft above AmericaFor two months in the Spring of 2009, Carl Fredricksen's LazyBoy will become a real-world flying armchair, attached to a beautiful cluster of giant balloons! Partnered with a team of FAA certified balloon pilots, the Cluster Balloon LazyBoy will host aeronauts on tethered flight operations in 20 U.S. cities on a whirlwind tour of the country leading up to the film's launch!

The armchair flights will consist of a five-story tall cluster of colorful balloons carefully attached to the gondola, allowing Media VIP aeronauts to ascend to tethered altitudes above the city and experience the world of lighter-than-air flight in a very unique way!

All events have FAA commercial and gas rated pilots, and even the on-camera spokespeople will have specific LTA training. Great for the world of ballooning!

Here's the official site for the promotion. And you can read a description of the ride here. Via.

*Previously: Balloon monsters.

*Buy Up movie posters at eBay.

Man "wrestling" a robot (link roundup)

I'm pretty sure this cover of Fantastic Adventures depicts a man wrestling a robot and protecting a woman. And I'm pretty sure that's not a robotic ball gag in the robot's mouth. More pulp covers here.

1. Astronaut releases a balloon on the moon.

2. Best names of NCAA basketball players (including Lex Mongo, Chief Kickingstallionsims, and Pawel Kielbasa.)

3. Phrases drunk people can't say.

4. 23% of the US thinks Dick Cheney is the worst VP ever. Since most people probably couldn't name more than one or two other VPs, that's a great result for Cheney.

*Previously: Best-named lacrosse players.

*Buy breathalyzers at Amazon.

Jason Hackenwerth creates balloon monsters

Jason Hackenwerth creates monsters and aliens out of balloons. The three photos you see above, from the Honey Suckle Labrinth show in New York, April 2006, are just a tiny sampling of what's on display at his site. Via.

Here's video of one of his wearable creations in action:



*Previously: Master Chief made out of balloons; Balloon Dog Anatomy t-shirt.

*Learn how to make balloon creatures with these books at Amazon.