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Staples project recreates Sydney in stationery

Ad agency The Works has developed the concept and overseen the creation of a scale model of Sydney Harbour built entirely of stationery to mark the launch of office supplies company Staples’ Australian website.

The structure was created by artist Darcy Prendergast using 344 recycled sticky notes, 84 boxes of staples, 361 bulldog clips, 169 paperclips, 107 rubber bands and 132 coloured pencils.

Prendergast said: “We used a bird’s eye image of Sydney to map out the shape of the harbour and position Sydney’s most distinguished structures.

“We had our work cut out for us! The Opera House was one of the first icons to be built and painting that alone was a six hour job. We painted the entire building using tiny liquid paper brushes. Once the Opera House and Harbour Bridge were constructed the rest of the city started to take form. It was an extraordinary project, I’m truly happy with the end result.”

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