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inspiration from another designer’s handywork is one thing, copying it
outright is of course, quite another. The scourge of design plagiarism
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is an issue we’re tackling head-on this month as we explain what everyone working in design
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in fact, that is one of the reasons why a fair amount of what we feature in the pages of
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annual SubSCriPtiOn ratES of creativity and ingenuity among students can sometimes be up there with that among those
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The results can often be revelatory and speaking to some of the designers at the show
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is just waiting to be harnessed by switched-on manufacturers and product developers.
JOurnal adminiStratOr Wendy Price
We hope that our round-up from new Designers (page 38) provides you with a taste of
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the broad-ranging ideas that were on show.
and of course, this month the design spotlight is very much upon the capital as we look
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