Ripoff - IWC vs HYT
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- d_rek0
No.
- non0
Yep.
- mantrakid0
do you see patterns in the trees?
- d_rek0
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to see or hear it, does anyone care?
- mantrakid0
lay off the mushrooms
- non0
The client probably wanted IWC's site.
- d_rek0
Wow. They even went so far as to create a 3-letter acronym for their brand name too! The level of thievery is outrageous!!
- cashface0
They have similarities, but a stretch to call a rip off.
- chrisRG0
Both are well done and similar, but they also look like thousand of "wordpress/newhtml/scrolldown/wh... that dominate the web lately.
You can easily find similars on those HTML5/CSS Awards websites
- non0
^
Even the grid "wants" to be the same.
I'm not talking about similarities. I'm taking about copying a COMBINATION of concept, layout, type, content placement, artistic direction, etc.
Not talking about the color scheme or the acronym, as d_rek would suggest.
- non0
I wanted to raise this issue because I feel compelled by it as a professional designer and watch enthusiast.
IMO, HYT made a really bad business move by either "wanting" something like IWC's website or simply not doing any research about their competitors.
To many, their website will look good, but to the people who actually pays ALOT to buy these types of watches, they will look like another cheap "premium brand" knock off.
- chrisRG0
@non, quick one, how did you find out about this? Somebody told you or you find out yourself?
- Saw it on a daliy css design feed. IWC being such a modern iconic site, it reminded me of it.non
- Instantly.non
- they are similar indeed, but hard to say it's a rip off when everything looks the same (like parallax websites, are all of them rip off? ;)chrisRG
- them rip off?chrisRG
- Parallax is just a functionlaity.non
- Its a way of making a concept work.non
- HYT's site rips off lots of visual and functional components from IWC's site.non
- ohh you know what i mean...chrisRG
- Yes I do, but I don't agree. Parallax is like Gotham, its just a tool. Some people overuse it and thats a shame.non
- But I see no problem in using a functionality feature if the concept calls for it.non
- Wich is VERY different from the case we have here.non
- well, I just had a deep look and I guess I have to agree with you, I take back what I said, it's a rip off indeed.chrisRG
- Hehehe, glad you see "the light" lol.non
- lol... well, what "got me" was the Collection menu.chrisRG
- ernexbcn0
I don't see the rip, and I like more the "rip" one...
- section_0140
There's no rip off at all aside from the fact that there are watches on both sites.
- akrok0
they are very similar though.
- i_monk0
3 columns ≠ rip
- lambsy0
you should find other things in life to be butthurt about.
- instrmntl0
you probably shouldn't use the exact same nav system as your competitor.