retroremakes
December 16th, 2009, 23:20
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The dinghy was made by Michael Johansson for an exhibition in Malmö, Sweden. Unfortunately, it's not a real plastic model: "Everything is painted in a unifying plastic layer to resemble the surface of a model kit. The real boat is transformed into a model of itself, and its original purpose has given way to something else."
Oh, Michael, you trickster. You totally got me there. Still, I want one for xmas. [Michael Johansson (http://michaeljohansson.com/works/toysrus_dinghy.html) via Neatorama (http://publish.gizmodo.com/ged/new)]
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The dinghy was made by Michael Johansson for an exhibition in Malmö, Sweden. Unfortunately, it's not a real plastic model: "Everything is painted in a unifying plastic layer to resemble the surface of a model kit. The real boat is transformed into a model of itself, and its original purpose has given way to something else."
Oh, Michael, you trickster. You totally got me there. Still, I want one for xmas. [Michael Johansson (http://michaeljohansson.com/works/toysrus_dinghy.html) via Neatorama (http://publish.gizmodo.com/ged/new)]
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