Coined by architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Duck Architecture is the name given to those kitschy roadside building’s that you may have seen in photos of 1920’s/ 30’s America. You know the ones - Giant coffee pots, ice cream tubs or hot dog stands that look like supersized versions of the items that they’re selling.
For this project we’ve been inspired by Duck architecture but instead of larger than life, we’ve gone miniature! We’ve fused our love of food and paper-craft to create a series of miniature ‘Duck’ buildings which combine the two together.
Packed with puns, paper and processed food, Paperville took around 100 hours to create and is made mostly of food and paper. But if you look closely, you’ll see that we’ve used some other materials to make it feel extra tactile. Mini bin bags cut from real ones, Japanese lanterns fashioned from notice board pins and yellow gob stoppers used to illuminate the zebra crossing are just a few examples.
It’s been months of emailing back and forth, sharing progress photos, fun names and getting excited about the little details so it’s really exciting to finally see the whole thing come together. We hope our tiny town sparks whimsy and that viewers have as much fun exploring it as we had creating it!
