Arches, Drops & Races
As on previous years Brighton was the location for the final Colour Run of 2015. We were in luck with the weather although we have installed helium arches here on very windy days. 30th August – Colour Run Belfast To save risk of a flight delay we traveled over to Belfast on Friday afternoon […]
Amazing to help celebrate 9 spellbinding years for Wicked this September 2015. They dropped 2000 Emerald Green balloons and were lucky enough to watch the show, it’s a fantastic story and the songs just blow you away. We’ve rigged this drop for the theatre production Wicked on 15 occasions at The Apollo Theatre, Victoria, […]
I thought it would be fun to send a 9 metre balloon to edge of space with a camera attached. I’m not really into space stuff but a couple of Dads (Mike & Jonathan) from my daughters School seem to know every star, so I asked them for some help with this mission. We got […]
This was a standard balloon drop installation very similar to the theatre work we do. This drop consisted of 2 x 750 Metallic Gold balloons lifted into the ceiling area of this famous Blackpool landmark. The drop was for the Biba 2015 awards and the client wanted one net across the front of the stage […]
We printed and inflated 4000 balloons for the annual festival in London Chinatown. We arrived early and setup a workstation including pre-cut ribbon, helium cylinders and inflating equipment. 5 Experienced balloon crew were required to keep pace with demand as we were hand tying, no plastic valves were used. We managed to build a stock […]
We installed this 7000 balloon drop at the Liverpool One shopping mall overnight on 21st July. We started at 10pm and worked though to 6am before waiting for the afternoon drop. This shopping mall drop was spread over 5 nets to achieve maximum coverage. 3500 Of the balloons were stuffed with tickets of which 500 […]
The short answer to this question is 1 day….. but you might get lucky depending on your weather conditions. It seems the sun is more damaging than the rain but a combination of both is a killer. As I’ve used these arch frames more and more Ive started to push my luck with how long […]
This all Gold drop was to mark the opening of a new wing at Dundee University. As we’re based in The Midlands there was a fair amount of travelling involved but we like an adventure. We had to cost in 2 days travelling and hotel accommodation but the final results were spectacular. We stretched our […]
Installation of 5 balloon arches in Tesco Extra stores located in Blackpool, Watford, Woolwich, Camberley and Shoreham. Each promotion installed within the cosmetics area of each Tesco. We top printed the Gold balloons and air filled attaching to a flexible carbon frame. The event will last 2 weeks which is fine for an indoor air […]
This Land Rover Discovery was driven away by the lucky winner of an Aqua Pura competition. Competitors simply entered a barcode from bottles of water to try their luck at winning this fantastic car. This arch was delivered to Dulwich college, the perfect backdrop for such a stunning prize. Car arches are perfect for framing […]
May the 4th be with you. To celebrate Star Wars Day all Hamleys stores across the UK and Ireland they gave away these 12″ Metallic Black balloons printed Yellow & White ink on 2 sides. Depending on the store location the balloons were either supplied with ribboned valves and helium or 1 piece Cups & […]
This arch in Weybridge was required for a Marie Curie fundraising event in the reception of the Proctor & Gamble office building. The client required the arch to last 4 days so we built it on a carbon frame and employed a local freelancer to dismantle it. They were so pleased after the 4 days […]