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So, looks like DWR started carrying knock-offs themselves. FastCompany wrote an excellent article on the matter: “The Rise and Fall of Design Within Reach“. I am not too surprised, but it sounds like they are going to turn themselves around – or at least try. The article is definitely worth a read if you are interested [ READ MORE ]
Target discussion on Blue Ant Studio. It’s one thing, in my mind, to create a cheaper version of a design borrowing on similar characteristics. See IKEA’s candle holders – they are not as heavy or as colorful as Iitalia’s. It is another to totally copy something. Maybe the line is blurry. I love the chair poster and have [ READ MORE ]
an interesting discussion of which is a better purchase – a knock off, or the real thing, with some example: design hole: fake not fabulous, and the original thread [ READ MORE ]
Apartment Therapy mentions another knock off – the CB Ripple chair for $249 to Eames Group Management $1298 chair. The thread is interesting for its articulate discussion of what a knock off is and whether it is a good or a bad thing. My personal stand is that knowingly buying a direct knock off – i.e. [ READ MORE ]
Saunter over to Apartment Therapy to read the discussion of a copycat of the Shutter Storage Cabinet (retailing for around $3,000 USD). Note the link to a JCPenney knock off in the comments… [ READ MORE ]
Apartment Therapy has a interesting post building two rooms based on knock offs or similar furniture. [ READ MORE ]
So, this is my blog. I’m going to try and document here my love of finding cheaply made knock-offs of designer furniture. I know a number of objections can be raised to this. I’ll deal with them a little later. Right now my biggest problem is a lack of a name that I love [ READ MORE ]