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Designers fighting losing battle against rip-offs

Rip-offs are on the rise and few designers are able to defend themselves under current laws.

3 Apr 2017

Gina Fairley

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The F!NK Jug, courtesy F!NK + Co

If imitation were merely the greatest form of flattery, designers would be basking. Between the mega-brand replica companies such as Matt Blatt, Glicks Furniture and Temple & Webster and the thinly veiled copies of the chain stores, replicas are everywhere.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina