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City of Burnsville Highlights Landmark in Feature for MN Manufacturing Month - Oct 2021

How Are Landmark Creations’ Inflatables Made? Here’s the Inside Scoop

During an interview with the City of Burnsville to celebrate Manufacturing Month, President Stephanie Meacham explains the complex process of creating impressive cold-air inflatables. Unlike hot-air or helium inflatables such as flying balloons, Landmark Creations’ products operate using blowers or fans.

 These massive props can easily be inflated and deflated. This flexibility makes them perfect for concert stage designers, festival producers, retail advertisers, brand managers, and trade show organizers.

 How is something so large and with so many moving pieces constructed?

Landmark Creations starts with the client’s concept. This is relayed to the talented design team who construct a concept model based on the original idea. Once the model is approved, the designers create patterns and, in some cases, surface art for the printing department to print full-size on Landmark’s large-format printing equipment.

Once the patterns have gone through the printer, our cutting department takes over. We have an advanced cutting table that can cut out the pattern as a precision stencil based on the information we load into the system. Or, our skilled craftspeople can hand-cut the fabric pieces so they are ready to go to the sewing department.

Next, the pieces are expertly stitched together to construct the finished inflatable.

Sometimes special fabricated parts are added, such as light systems or mechanisms for blowing confetti or smoke. 

One final quality control check is done to inflate the masterpiece in-house and make sure it operates perfectly. With final client approval, the inflatable goes out the door. “And after that,” says Meacham, “we’re off to the races.”

 


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What Others Say About Landmark Creations


"People love the inflatable! It's been a great photo op for History Center guests."

- Laura Geffre-Rick, Minnesota Historical Society

"Simply put, the bobbleheads were a real hit at TwinsFest. Over 21,000 fans attended the two-day event raising more than $100,000 for the Twins Community Fund charities."

- Heidi Sammon, Minnesota Twins

"Landmark worked with us to make sure our client was satisfied with the product. They provided great customer service and got us answers when we needed them."

- April Lo, SKA Events

“We knew Landmark was the only company that would be able to understand our vision and work to make it come to life.”

- Lelia King, Charlotte Center City Partners

"Just wanted to say how much we LOVE our inflatables.  We tested them in our lobby where they were, of course, an instant hit for school group photos. Our leadership was quite pleased with the durability and the realism."

- Mike Hennessy, Carnegie Science Center

"The inflatables have been a great success at shows, seminars and especially at pet shops where they help us to coordinate Iams Co. weekends that allow us to promote and increase sales of our products."

-The IAMS Company