Giant Rubber Ducks Floating Around The World

Travels of the giant rubber duck this picture taken on june 1 2013 shows visitors gathered to look at a yellow rubber duck floating on a lake in a community in eastern china s tianjin.

Giant rubber ducks floating around the world.

Thousands of rubber ducks to land on british shores after 15 year journey. Subscribe to itn news. Floating over the site where the titanic sank landing in. A giant inflatable duck could be heading home after blowing away from a beach in western australia last week.

The giant rubber duck planned to tour around ontario communities is based on an art piece by dutch artist florentijn hofman seen here floating in an enclosed branch of the yongding river in. The biggest one so far was spotted in st nazaire france at. In his ongoing rubber duck series florentijn takes the iconic rubber duck that children around the world can identify and takes it to a massive scale. Rubber duck is a series of several giant floating sculptures of yellow rubber ducks designed by dutch artist florentijn hofman which have appeared in many cities around the world including hong kong pittsburgh toronto kaohsiung baku and sydney each rubber duck is recreated anew locally as his public art is intended to be temporary.

But not everyone thinks the yellow inflatable is so innocent. Daphne the duck set to play a part in an annual ocean swimming competition went. The world s largest rubber duck is set to visit toronto s hto park on canada day 1 july as part of the redpath waterfest. He s internationally renowned for his large scale sculptures which often originate from recognizable everyday objects.

But so far they have floated halfway around the world. The giant duck is not in fact the same giant rubber duck sculpture by artist florentijn hofman that has been floating around the world showing up in cities like são paulo osaka and seoul over. The six storey rubber duck is hoped to draw in tons of people who want to snap a selfie but also has brought the ire of some government officials and a dutch artist. The giant rubber duck has become a kind of benign icon as it floats peacefully around the world s most famous landmarks.