ADA® NEW LOGOS + SHOWROOM DECALS Our registered trade mark s are finalised, with many thanks to our legal partners Banki Haddock Fiora. Registered trade marks are protected by Australian trade mark law. [...]
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FRINGE FURNITURE 32 // ADA AWARD OF MERIT
We’re proud to announce our supporting partnership with Melbourne Fringe, the 32nd edition of one of the longest running Australian object design platforms that will also present the debut Authentic Design Alliance [...]
MEDIA // IP TRENDING + DESIGN THEFT GONE WILD!!
Our interview by new media news site GOAT went viral. #IntellectualProperty was trending as broader issues of design theft hit the millennial readership with some basic facts about Australia's lax IP protection for [...]
MEMBER NEWS // AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE® Trade Mark
ADA® registered trade mark s are finalised! ADA Members are licensed to use our logos and the current TM logos will be updated by mid August. We thank our legal partners Banki Haddock Fiora for guiding us through [...]
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT // ARTEDOMUS + NEW VOLUMES
Artedomus has launched a furniture and object collection with New Volumes, a brand born from an idea seeded when the team were exploring ways to minimise material waste after bumping out a trade event installation [...]
WHAT ADA MEMBERSHIP IS RIGHT FOR ME?
As a member-funded association, membership fees directly fund the ADA® campaign to outlaw design theft. A new DIAMOND tier will apply after October for members with more than 1x Australian business entity. New [...]
ADA Award of Merit // vivid design competition
For the second year we're proud to partner with vivid design competition to present the AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE Award of Merit / vivid17 for Emerging Design. Vivid is an established springboard that has [...]
DOES BUYING KNOCK-OFFS MAKE YOU A THIEF?
How Americans fight knockoffs! Knock-offs are a huge problem the Americans take seriously. Now independent and emerging designers join heritage manufacturers in the fight against the copied designs, despite the [...]
FED UP WITH KNOCK-OFFS — WHAT THIS DESIGNER DID NEXT!
What happened when a designer discovered a big name brand promoting knock-offs their work on social media? With no response from the offending brand (or their distributors) to social media call-outs, the industrial [...]
ADA EVENT // OWNING AUSTRALIAN DESIGN IP 101
What happens when your work is ripped off? What's next? And how do you prevent future Intellectual Property (IP) infringements? Our panel of legal experts and award-winning designers present an essential [...]
ADA EVENTS I STUDIO TRULY TRULY I Melb, Syd, Brisbane
CAFE CULTURE INSITU present Studio Truly Truly 'in conversation' with Authentic Design Alliance director Anne-Maree Sargeant at CCI Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane showrooms to showcase TYPOGRAPHY, a new lighting [...]
ADA PANEL ANNOUNCED // DESIGN CANBERRA FESTIVAL
Locally created Australian products command a greater currency than ever before – with our designers now engaged in a record number of home-grown projects! Join us as we unpack why investing in Australian design is [...]