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Splash! Giant Rubber Ducky!

This bright yellow rubber ducky is irresistibly cute! It has been created by dutch artist florentijn hofman.

Canard de bain (Rubber Duck)
Artist: Florentijn Hofman
Year: 2007
Location: Loire River, France
Dimensions: 26 X 20 X 32 meters
Materials: Inflatable, rubber coated PVC, pontoon and generator

Compare the rubber ducky with the group of people standing beside it and you can see how massive it is! Look carefully, there is a faint curvy line beneath the duck’s neck. Yep, this inflatable duck can even nod its head!

Here are more cute pictures!

Giant Rubber Duck
Photo by yannkan

Look! The ducky towers over all the surrounding boats!

Giant Rubber Duck
Photo by Florentijn Hofman

Hofman created this ducky for loire estuary 2007, an outdoor contemporary-art exhibition in France. Opened on June 1, this art exhibition features works of 30 artists from around the world. All art creations have been installed along a 40-mile stretch at the mouth of the loire river in France, from saint-nazaire to nantes.

Giant Rubber Duck
Photo by yannkan

This is how hofman describes his cute creation:

A yellow spot on the horizon slowly approaches the coast. People have gatherd and watch in amazement as a giant yellow Rubber Duck approaches. The spectators are greeted by the duck, which slowly nods its head. The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn’t discriminate people and doesn’t have a political connotation. The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has healing properties: it can relieve mondial tensions as well as define them. The rubber duck is soft, friendly and suitable for all ages!

Giant Rubber Duck
Photo by Florentijn Hofman

Speaking of rubber ducks, the splash-rific great Singapore duck race is back!

Great Singapore Duck Race 2007 participant
Photo by Frederick Khong

Adopt a funky rubber duck for $10 and send it to race with other funky rubber ducks on the Singapore river! All ducks wear their own shades. If I’m not wrong, you can also adopt the duck for $5 and keep it as a souvenir.

Have a splashing weekend!

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Veron Ang is the Founder and Chief Editor of Sparklette, a Singapore restaurants guide, lifestyle and travel blog. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and runs a web design firm at Sparklette Studio. To get in touch, head on over to the contact page or follow @Sparklette and @VeronSG on Twitter.

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AvENis
1 comment

cute cute…
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Posted July 28, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Nicole
15 comments

oh gosh, its so so cute! XD
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Posted July 28, 2007 at 5:19 pm
- Kailyn
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  I know, right?! XD
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  Posted September 7, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Miccheng
90 comments

Nice one… :D
I can almost hear Ernie singing in the background:
“Rubber ducky… You’re the one! Rubber ducky… Lotsa fun! Quack Quak!”
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Posted July 28, 2007 at 6:15 pm
py
183 comments

Yes, it is so cute and cheerful-looking.
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Posted July 28, 2007 at 6:20 pm
lorewang
15 comments

i had this yellow rubber duckie few years back, but unfortunately have lost it. Sighz…
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Posted July 28, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Hai~Ren
17 comments

CAPTION: Godzilla was not amused at the mass appeal of his latest competitor for the title of “Most Popular City-destroying Giant Monster” :D
I have one question: Does the giant rubber ducky still squeak when you squeeze it? And if so, how do you squeeze it?
P.S. The only thing missing from the photos above is the giant rubber ducky on a rampage, shooting laser beams from its eyes and destroying annoying little military helicopters and planes, and blasting the city of radioactive breath.
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Posted July 28, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Valerie
14 comments

wahha its so cute and gigantic!
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Posted July 28, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Sentosa Girl
1 comment

I love the duckies! so cute. SCS duck, i dont really like as it is not cute. pardon me pls.
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Posted July 29, 2007 at 9:49 am
arzhou (adrian)
6 comments

That should be one of the 7 – CUTE wonders of the world OMGawd
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Posted July 29, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Kev
9 comments

Help help!! There’s a giant duck attacking singapore!! help help!!! *runs away*
LOL.. reminds me of the korean show ‘Host’
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Posted July 29, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Lemizeraq
1 comment

Hi, very nice site and a HUGE and cute ducky :) maybe singapore should also have one huge ducky instead of thousands of small ones in the rubber duck race :) Definitely the MOTHER of all duckies :)
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Posted July 29, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Jayson
44 comments

This duck is cute and is irresistably meaty!
Believe it or not … this duck gives me cravings for duck rice …
*runs down to coffeeshop to order a packet of duck rice …
quack quack
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Posted July 30, 2007 at 1:21 am
Veron
3438 comments

Hai~Ren: To squeeze Rubber Ducky, I think only Godzilla or King Kong can do it.
Sentosa Girl: I don’t find the duck race ducks cute either!
arzhou: Great idea! I wonder what would be the other 6?
Kev: It’s in France!
Lemizeraq: Good one. Now we just need to import this giant rubber ducky. It can be a permanent art installation since our government is suddenly so enthusiastic about public art.
Jayson: It is NOT meaty!
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Posted July 30, 2007 at 10:34 am
Lan-Anh
1 comment

How cute! Now the artist only needs to create a big bathtub so that one can take a huge bubble bath with this bling bling duck, lol
Btw. I love the your design Veron. Eastcoastlife has just tagged me. So I decided to tag you. Read my latest post >_
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Posted July 31, 2007 at 4:18 am
Kit MacAllister
1 comment

Holy cow that’s a cute duck. It’s giant. I don’t understand how anything so large can seem so friendly.
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Posted November 29, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Polly
1 comment

I WANT THAT DUCK, IT’S SSSSOOOOOOO CUTE. I have loads of rubber ducks at home, even one with hearts on it and a colour cange one 2 yyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy <3 :P :)
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Posted June 2, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Haley
2 comments

ohh my goodness that duck is so absolutely adorable!!!! and i have one quick question……is the duck that actual size???? that would be so amazingly amazing if it was
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Posted June 23, 2008 at 8:41 am
Haley
2 comments

ohh i forgot to say something……i love your website!!!!!
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Posted June 23, 2008 at 8:44 am
Veron
3438 comments

Thanks Haley! And yes, that giant duck is the real size.
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Posted June 27, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Rachel
1 comment

omg!! he is soo cute!!! i wish i had a giant rubber ducky! too bad my mom won’t let me have one. who ever made this is really good!!!!!!!!
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Posted July 2, 2008 at 12:24 am