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.
It may be taller and bigger than its Hong Kong compatriot, but a gigantic rubber duckling on show in Beijing looks more like a slightly limp chicken.
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 sculpture floating in the newly constructed Beijing Garden Expo Park has a different beak and a problematic bottom compared to the one that graced Victoria Harbour in May, the Hongkongers said. "The production isn't bad, but it seems that they got a different beak," said Lam Shu-kam, creative director of AllRightsReserved, Hofman's Hong Kong partner.
Jackie Chan Yuk-bong, account director of Meanmax, which oversaw production of the rubber duck in Hong Kong, said the beak appeared to have been sewn in the wrong direction.
Chan said the pattern of the stitching on the Beijing rubber duck's caused it to look more pointy and sloping downwards, resembling more the beak of a chicken. The Hong Kong version, in contrast, had a more realistic, curved beak like a duck's, he said.
