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AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE® joins the Melbourne Design Week program to spotlight the endemic problem of design theft in Australia by unpacking the importance of investing in the brands that create, make, sell and [...]
GET REAL, BUY REAL, SUPPLY REAL! AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE® joins the Melbourne Design Week program to spotlight the endemic problem of design theft in Australia by unpacking the importance of investing in the [...]
Following our participation in the IP Australia stakeholder forum in December, we met with the research team last week to further flesh out issues we felt were yet to be included in the ongoing ACIP review into [...]
Ahead of the ongoing research by IP Australia into the review of design systems (ACIP Review), some ‘quick wins’ have been proposed for policy recommendations in the short-term. The current designs [...]
Earlier this year IP Australia announced a review into design systems that includes design registrations, trade marks, patents and other rights. As part of the review ADA® stakeholders have hosted several round [...]
Join us for ‘Thinking Globally,’ the third ‘Design Thinkers’ speaker series presented by Christopher Boots, at the Glenn Murcutt designed MPavilion in Melbourne on November 21. We excited to [...]
Object Subject at DESIGN Canberra Festival, the second iteration of the national design writer’s conference, explores ‘Design Responsibilities.’ Created for practitioners, the symposium unpacks [...]
IP Australia, the department tasked with managing design registrations, trade marks and patents (but not copyright), reached out to the ADA® to consult on the review into design systems that was announced early [...]
Surprisingly, most of our contact with industry members affected by design theft are from the lighting sector! Independent designers, brands, importers and retailers are being savaged by online platforms and bricks [...]