You can own a functional version of Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog sculptures for $750

They’re $750 each, but you tin link aggregate versions of these Balloon Dog lamps and speakers unneurotic if you’ve got heavy pockets. | Image: Lexon Design

Jeff Koons, champion known for his Balloon Dog sculptures that person sold for arsenic overmuch arsenic $58 million, has collaborated with Lexon Design and The Broad depository successful Los Angeles to marque his iconic artworks much functional and accessible. 

Available for preorder done Lexon’s website starting June 17th are a caller 11-inch gangly Balloon Dog Speaker and Balloon Dog Lamp that are each made from (an unspecified) “high-quality translucent material” that reveals the interior electronics that marque each much than conscionable a portion of art. Both are lone being produced successful a “limited supply” and each 1 volition acceptable you backmost $750 with shipping expected to commencement sometime successful October 2025.

That is highly expensive, and you’re decidedly paying a premium due to the fact that this is an authoritative collaboration with Koons. But to Lexon’s credit, astatine slightest connected paper, the institution seems to person packed these with coagulated hardware. Inside the Balloon Dog Speaker are a full of “six ultra-precise progressive drivers and 4 finely tuned passive radiators” designed to present 360-degrees of “high-fidelity sound.” We haven’t had a accidental to trial the dependable prime of those drivers, but that’s much than similarly-sized Bluetooth speakers that aren’t shaped similar a novelty canine often utilize.

The talker connects to mobile devices utilizing Bluetooth 5.0, and with built-in microphones it tin beryllium utilized arsenic a hands-free speakerphone. If you’ve got $1,500 burning a spread successful your pocket, you tin besides brace 2 of the Balloon Dog Speakers to make a existent stereo dependable experience.

Inside the Balloon Dog Lamp you’ll find astir 400 LEDs hidden successful tubes that make the quality of neon lighting. All combined, the LEDs tin make up to 200 lumens of brightness with colour options that see lukewarm and chill achromatic airy positive the afloat spectrum of colour lighting. Although preorders are constricted to conscionable 2 of each piece, Lexon says its “Easy Sync technology” allows the lighting strength and colour of an “infinite fig of Balloon Dog Lamps” to beryllium synchronized truthful you tin destruct your fund by filling a room, oregon your full home, with matching illumination.