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"Copied designs do immeasurable financial damage to independent design brands and makers," says Terri Winter, from top3 by design. In the UK, copied designs are now illegal – with fines of up to £50,000 and 10 years jail – and these dramatic changes provide an example for Australia to follow, with the Authentic Design Alliance leading the way for law changes.
Will future architects be called upon to provide design thinking consultancy as their primary output? Michael Smith, director of Atelier Red + Black, gives his insight on the thought-provoking conversations held at the National Conference in Adelaide.
The award, presented to an individual who has “made a profound and long-term contribution to the contemporary practice of design,” has been given to Israeli-born architect, Moshe Safdie.
"We want to use the objects to create a mystique, a story, as well as to show how Johnston’s antiques can exist in a contemporary way,” says Paul Hecker, of Hecker Guthrie's collaboration with the Johnston Collection for their latest exhibition-house tour.
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