Design
The 'Rubber Duck' Artist Must Be Stopped
The inflatable spectacles of Florentijn Hofman don't belong in every harbor in the wide world.
Tragedy struck London this week: The city is the latest to fall under the influence of Florentijn Hofman.
The Dutch artist has just debuted, and I cannot believe I am about to write this word, HippopoThames, a wooden hippo river sculpture headlining a festival on the Thames. At least, that's what it's doing this week. In the months to come, you might find it on the Yangtze or the Ganges or the Rhône.