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mydo
So i have a client who's business is producing designer chairs under licence from the original designers. In a recent visit to my office he discovered we had one of these, and was not happy.

http://www.amazon.com/Verner-Pan…
At one point he wanted no connection between our two business for our purchase choice.
As a design company do you think it's OK to buy a replica chair? Or does that undermine your company and your clients?
Sep 5, 11, 7:35 p.m. – Permalink
typist
are you wearing a replica rolex as well?
- why you buy a replica designer chair?– typist1/2
  Ever bought a DVD?– mydo2/2
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 7:39 p.m. – Permalink
mydo
We bought a replica due to there not being good alternatives.
$1000 chairs
Ikea chairs
replica chairs
crap
- replica chair is crap– JSK
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 7:47 p.m. – Permalink
JSK
At least you should have put those fake chairs away.
- <– utopian
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 8:13 p.m. – Permalink
Nathan_Adams
Considering Vitra sell them for anywhere up to $1500, for what is essentially just injection moulded plastic (not even fibreglass!), is there any wonder why people seek out replicas?
I'm not condoning it, but more people would buy the "real thing" if there wasn't a gazillion percent markup just to have "Knoll" or "Vitra" stamped on the bottom of it.
- Disagree. So what about a brochure, it's just paper and ink?– MrT1/4
  My 12 year old can do photoshop.– JSK2/4
  Do you charge a 3000% markup on a brochure?– Nathan_Adams3/4
  Paper and ink cost 2.5 cents at a local copy store. Thats $75 for the brochure at 3000% markup.– JSK4/4
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 8:41 p.m. – Permalink
moldero
tell the client to stop being such a pussy
- lol– utopian1/2
  +1– monNom2/2
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 8:56 p.m. – Permalink
tOki
Greed is a wonderful thing no
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 9:07 p.m. – Permalink
CanHasQBN
what a fucking twit. i can't believe some people lead such petty existences... with all of the real problems in the world that people have to deal with.
fake chair? who cares. sit down and shut up.
- What have you contributed to real life problems except posting this post?– JSK
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 9:12 p.m. – Permalink
mydo
Indeed, if we hadn't bought the replica we wouldn't have spent 2000% more on a real one.
It's plastic, it's $50, it's strong. you can sit on it. that's all it needs to do. A plastic chair from IKEA would have been worse quality.
We didn't buy it because it's fake, but because it's a $50 chair from a chair shop. Is that wrong?
Shit, maybe i've been in China too long!
- You bought it because you value the aesthetics of that chair but dont want to spend the money.– JSK
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 9:14 p.m. – Permalink
utopian
What a POS client, he has the audacity to pissed off at what? He produces designer chairs under licence that he did he not even design himself. He is good for nothing, parasitic, middle men, fuck him and his knock-off reproductions!
BTW- the client was Urban Outfitters was it?
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 10:42 p.m. – Permalink
JSK
Someone spent the time to design something. Someone else takes the design with out permission, uses it to make money with out spending the time or money to come up with the concept, design, test, and produce it.
This applies to everything that is innovative.
If you don't understand the value of creation, you should just walk away now.
- the web. you post. it costs you nothing. you should walk away.– lvl_131/14
  Overhead of posting:– JSK2/14
  electricty– JSK3/14
  electricity– JSK4/14
  computer usage– JSK5/14
  brain usage– JSK6/14
  time– JSK7/14
  table– JSK8/14
  chair (real chair by real designer made by real manufacture)– JSK9/14
  rent– JSK10/14
  cloths– JSK11/14
  food– JSK12/14
  hair cut– JSK13/14
  hahaha
  – lvl_1314/14
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 10:45 p.m. – Permalink
sublocked
first world problems.
- yet you contribute nothing– JSK
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 10:51 p.m. – Permalink
JSK
- so true, must be China!– utopian
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 11:01 p.m. – Permalink
Douglas
©hina
- Where is my shit?– JSK1/2
  I checked the toilet but still not there– JSK2/2
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 11:05 p.m. – Permalink
MrT
Considering this is a site populated by a majority (I assume) who charge for their ideas, the irony is priceless.
- Mydo does work in design so..– JSK1/3
  It's a double standard and the client has a point.– MrT2/3
  The questioning even the idea of buying fake is insanity.– JSK3/3
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 11:10 p.m. – Permalink
mydo
JSK, do you own a license for every font on your computer? have you ever watched a pirated movie or downloaded music from the FMT?
- i know this is off topic, but i'm curious as to how strong you feel about it.– mydo
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 11:23 p.m. – Permalink
JSK
Are you trying to justify buying fake?
- Are you trying to avoid answering his question?– Nathan_Adams1/6
  Please stay out of this talentless so called designer– JSK2/6
  So yes then.– Nathan_Adams3/6
  So you are a talentless.– JSK4/6
  What is this? A 5yo's "I know you are, you said you are, but what am I?" argument?– Nathan_Adams5/6
  You seem to not know value of design so I guess you are a 5yr old.– JSK6/6
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 11:24 p.m. – Permalink
JSK
What do you do for living anyways?
- I'm a chair designer.– mydo1/2
  I will leave a chinese spam for you. And hopefully google will index it.– JSK2/2
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 11:28 p.m. – Permalink
mydo
Say you're going on a picnic and you need a cheap soon for the day. Spoon 1 is a dollar and made like shit. Spoon 2 is a dollar, is good quality and has a nice design. Spoon 3 is almost the same as spoon 2, but it's $125. (you also need to go to a different shop to buy it)
What do you choose?
- You dont seem to understand the value of design.– JSK1/3
  Not the best example as they aren't about copies of an original. You spoon : P– MrT2/3
  there are designer spoons too. (i don't have any BTW)– mydo3/3
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 11:35 p.m. – Permalink
JSK
Wow
You are still trying to justify buying and using fake.
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Dog-earSep 5, 11, 11:39 p.m. – Permalink
JSK
Fake design stuff here.
http://www.mydot.co.uk/
http://www.threaddesign.com.cn/
Google index please.
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