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April

15, 2018

Your logo is copied

• 15 April 2018
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Things which are different in order to be different are seldom better, but that which is made to be better is almost always different.” — Dieter Rams

While reflecting on this I changed the way I used the words copying and stealing. Copying offers opportunity to learn while stealing avoids the hard work. Stealing implicits that all Design challenges deserve the same solution. We don’t have to act like we’re reinventing the wheel every time— even if we might sell it that way sometimes. There are a lot of replicable parts in Design. You must listen and still strive for originality, otherwise you will end up with dissatisfied clients, a bad reputation and zero personal growth.

Do you disagree?

Have you ever caught yourself copying an idea? Were you the one that was stolen from? How did you deal with that? Is anything original anymore? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this.

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Semantics utilize copying

Semantics make the world better navigable for us. We take commonly understood pictograms and alter them to a brand language. Semantics mean you recognize a symbol of which you have learnt the meaning. Think about the fire exit sign, the hamburger icon or the power switch symbol. By embracing this we make our work usable for a wide variety of people. No one would call this stealing. Still, it is copying.

You can find me on Twitter @themewhale.