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Rubber Duck

Rubber Duck
Rubber Duck is an installation created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman built to resemble the yellow bath toy. The 16.5-metre giant Rubber Duck arrived in Hong Kong on May 2, 2013, having visited 12 cities, including Sydney, Osaka and Auckland.
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Hongkongers ignore gloomy skies to say farewell to beloved double duck art show

Tourists, residents show up despite grey skies and sporadic rain to witness send-off for first of 18-metre duo brought to city for ‘The Double Ducks’ art show.

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Sunday marks the last time the rubber duck duo can be seen together in Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Editorial | No ducking the issue, we all need to smile

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Hong Kong tourism

All puffed up: deflated rubber duck returns to Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour

Tourists and local fans snap shots of reunited duo, calling their return ‘pleasant surprise’.

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Hong Kong tourism

Hong Kong’s swooning duck to return to Victoria Harbour after reliability tests

Workers raced to repair giant rubber duck which was deflated because its surface stretched in hot weather.

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Workers try to repair the deflated giant rubber duck at a shipyard in Tsing Yi. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong

Opinion | What lies beneath the surface of Hong Kong’s cheery giant rubber ducks?

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Hong Kong society

Out of duck: Hong Kong firm forced to scrap giant figure similar to famed artwork

Authorities order removal of rubber duck, which looks similar to well-known installations by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s favourite rubber duck is returning but it’s grown and it’s got a friend

Two giant yellow ducks being tested in dockyard in Tsing Yi before being towed to waters off Admiralty.

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Two giant rubber ducks are being inflated at a dock in Hong Kong Shipyard at Tsing Yi. Photo: Sam Tsang
Fashion

Hong Kong-inspired face masks reflect city’s troubles

From the coronavirus to a yellow rubber duck and a bamboo steamer, theatrical costume designer Edmond Kok is making creative face masks that reflect the pandemic, life in Hong Kong and its politics.

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Edmond Kok models one of his face masks, with a design inspired by the now ubiquitous CCTV camera, a tool of public security and control. Photo: AP
Coronavirus pandemic

Rubber Duck artist on virus, and his selfie-taking giant panda

Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s giant yellow rubber duck installation made waves in Hong Kong. He talks about his next major work – a selfie-taking giant panda in Sichuan, China. ‘I want people who travel there to touch it,’ he says.

Art

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Lam Shu-kam, founder of design studio AllRightsReserved, brought Florentijn Hofman’s giant rubber duck to Hong Kong, as well as Kaws’ Companion and Paulo Grangeon’s 1,600 pandas. More recently he has turned to Japanese artists.

Focus

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Hong Kong toy industrialist Lam Leung-tim came up with the rubber duck toy in 1948 invention rubber duck toy. Photo: Nora Tam
China society

Rubber Duck artist makes trunk call to Chinese city

Bubblecoat Elephant sits on top of the MixC World Mall in Shenzhen. Photo: AllRightsReserved

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Giant rubber duck bids Beijing adieu after bringing in over HK$127m

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Hong Kong team questions production quality of Beijing Rubber Duck

The "authentic" Beijing version might not have been produced properly, say the team that made the Hong Kong version. Both ducks were designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman.

The Beijing Rubber Duck (left) has a narrower beak than the Hong Kong duck. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Rubber Duck not all it's quacked up to be as Beijingers bemoan entrance fee

Pictured: Giant rubber duck arrives in Beijing

Beijing prepares for bigger, better rubber duck than Hong Kong

Rubber duck fever is mounting in Beijing ahead of the imminent arrival of another enormous inflatable duck designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, tempered by questions about the cost of viewing it and the traffic jams it might cause.

Beijing prepares for bigger, better rubber duck than Hong Kong

Shanghai ‘roasts’ the giant Rubber Duck

Florentijn Hofman’s Rubber Duck installation gained rave reviews when a 16.5 metre-tall version arrived in Hong Kong this summer.

A boat made to look like a roasted duck is seen on the Huangpu River in front of the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai. Photo: AFP

Giant Rubber Duck to swim in Beijing's imperial Summer Palace?

Thousands gather to bid farewell to Rubber Duck

Blow-ups inflate the debate on what defines art

People view Chinese artist Cao Fei's House of Treasures, one of the M+ exhibition's inflatables on display until tomorrow. Photo: Nora Tam

Wealth Blog | Government attempts to hijack Rubber Duck

Behind closed doors at Government Towers the timing of Rubber Duck's appearance and subsequent antics caused great consternation.

'Teamwork' by Harbour City, the Hong Kong Tourism Board and the government helped make the Rubber Duck exhibition a roaring success. Photo: Sam Tsang

Party mouthpiece People's Daily quacks about outbreak of ducks

Taobao

Opinion | Want your own giant rubber duck? Buy one on Taobao

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