Authentic Design Alliance

Counterfeits, replicas, fakes and copies are back in the news and this time it's getting serious.

From October 20, 2010 the acclaimed 50 Years of Italian Chairs exhibition takes a seat in Sydney. Currently wowing crowds at Brisbane's QPAC, curator Alessandro Mendini, editor of Italian design magazine, DOMUS examines seating design from the second half of the 20th Century: Mendini offers the chairs as small pieces of ‘architecture’ whose design has tested the mettle of renowned artists...

The ADA have announced this months winners in their ingenious 'Beauty Ruined' competition.  Check them out here. In supporting the push for greater IP protection for designers and their original designs, the Authentic Design Alliance encourage you to submit your unhappy snaps of fake or 'replica' design pieces that you may encounter out and about. This naming and shaming process...

Last Thursday evening heralded the Sydney launch of the Authentic Design Alliance at KE-ZU's Surry Hills Showroom.  Speakers on the night were Taiwan based designer Michael Young, MD of Hassell: Rob Backhouse, Simone Oliver from Geyer and Matthew Hall an IP specialist Lawyer from Swaab Attorneys. One of the prominent issues that came to light was that it can...