Inflatable things, I believe, are best left to young children and men. Flat tires: man territory. Paddling pools: child territory. Inflation in general: Terror-tory. Unless it's a lilo floating on the sunny Med, I'll pass on the whole inflatable shebang - blow-up dolls, bouncy castles, and, horror of horrors, novelty hammers.

Or so I thought, until their stint at On|Off (check out Fashion156's on-location photoshoot) put Inflate on our radar. Now I'm seeing all kinds of possibilities for their cool blow-up architecture.

Screw hot-desking, for example. With their Office in a Bag, this year is all about the hot-office. Requiring a mere ten minutes' inflation, we're setting ours up in the middle of the Shoreditch House pool. Cocktail hour, swing by. Or perhaps you're planning for a bit of festival action this Summer, but are done with roughing it in limp, uncomfortable tents. Sound about right? Well, how about a super-protective Turtle, with a private portable changing room on the side?

TODAY'S EVENT PICKS

Yukio Mishima's new production, Madame de Sade, debuts. 7:30pm, Wyndham's Theatre, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H. £10 - 32.50.

You'd be a dummy to miss out on this party. 8pm-2am, The Queen of Hoxton, 1 Curtain Rd, EC2A, £3.

Live music during bath time. 9pm, Passing Clouds, Richmond Rd (behind Uncle Sam's pub), Dalston, E8. £10.

500 exclusive Michael Jackson tickets go on sale for the fastest fingers. 7am, online.