The ADA 2018 event calendar was cemented by expanded affiliations with Sydney Design Festival (MAAS Powerhouse Museum), Design Canberra and the Australian Design [...]
AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE®
HELP STOP DESIGN THEFT!
Authentic Design Alliance is a member-funded association that exists to promote the value of investing in original furniture, lighting and interior products in the fight against design theft.
Europe and Britain criminalised 'replica' designs, the UK levelling fines of up to £50,000 or 10 years jail, backdating copyright law to cover the design icons previously savaged by the replica industry.
Original designs are copyright protected in Europe for the lifetime of the designer plus 70 years after their death (life plus 70).
"A successful product employs a network.
A successful collection creates a sub-economy"
Meanwhile, Australia has no automatic copyright protection for furniture, unlike music, film, music, literature, art, photography or other creative disciplines!
As an education platform we support designers, manufacturers, distributors, importers and retailers of authentic products by advocating for radically improved Intellectual Property (IP) protection.
ADA members enable our program of talks, workshops and events to inform consumers and design professionals about the importance of investing in authentic products.
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6 Facts About Design Theft.
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ADA Members enable our program
As an education platform, we strive for a shift cultural change in buyer behaviour by spotlighting how objects are made, why they exist and why we all must invest in products we care about, value and don't throw away.
As a member-funded association - membership fees directly fund our activity. Join now and help stop design theft!
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LATEST NEWS
MEDIA I Why the ADA? What are the objectives & challenges?
Our friends at Design Online published a comprehensive look at what we do, why we exist, our objectives and the obstacles we're striving to shift. An essential read [...]
EXTENDED I ADA Member upgrade offer – Join NOW!
Join the Authentic Design Alliance or renew your membership before December 31st and receive extra benefits! We're set for a massive 2019 ahead of the new campaign [...]
CASE STUDIES
CASE STUDY I The Problem With Copyright – Don’t Assume You’re Covered!
Some of Australia’s best-known rock photographers are calling copyright infringement by the online auction of media giant Fairfax’s Sydney Morning Herald image [...]
CASE STUDY // Don’t Ask Designer-Makers to Copy Original Designs!!
What happens when credible studios or makers unwittingly accept a commission to produce what they believe to be original work only to later discover the project is a [...]
CASE STUDY // THE BUILDING INDUSTRY PROBLEM
The heart of the problem when building industry professionals swap the original furniture and lighting on projects for blatant knock-offs has been succinctly [...]
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