What happens when big businesses knock off local designers? When a major retail chain advertised an identical product to one they’d borrowed for a photo shoot from a small Melbourne brand, it’s no [...]
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 knock-off? Hot off the heels of the scenario last [...]
National Gallery Australia: NGA x Replica furniture As the problem with design theft escalates it’s clear that many national gallery, museum and public institution decision-makers simply don’t know what’s real and what’s fake. Either that, or they simply don’t care. But, sadly, replica furniture resides in many galleries and public institutions in Australia. Authenticity is […]
Kate Stokes from CocoFlip “The Coco Pendant was designed at the beginning of my career and didn’t register the design as I had no concept it would be such a huge success. It was my first product shown [...]
A good result but the damage has been done! Melbourne industrial designer Ross Gardam, a self manufacturer whose products are distributed by STYLECRAFT discovered his solid timber OAK Light had been knocked-off [...]
