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  • March 23rd 2007

Tip of the day: Acknowledge your inspiration

Simplebits

In what might be the longest page on Flickr, a case of plagiarism inspiration has been the topic of discussion in the design world for the past couple of days. Dan Cederholm at Simplebits came across a logo that looked eerily familiar.

As we’ve seen in the past, blatancy tends to tug on the right strings of designers, resulting in blacklisting and lawsuit threatening.

So the tip of the day is: if you’re inspired by an existing piece of creative, acknowledge it. Seeing your work influence others is flattering. Seeing your work in other’s portfolios is infuriating.

  • http://www.letutor.com Aaron

    I saw that yesterday on Digg and thought that’s pretty shady. I mean it’s not stealing because it is different but they should at least acknowledge inspiration.

  • http://www.letutor.com Aaron

    I saw that yesterday on Digg and thought that’s pretty shady. I mean it’s not stealing because it is different but they should at least acknowledge inspiration.

  • http://www.matnewton.com Mat

    For the uneducated, which logo is the one getting ripped off? And whose is it?

  • http://www.matnewton.com Mat

    For the uneducated, which logo is the one getting ripped off? And whose is it?

  • http://www.younggogetter.com/ Travis

    The one on the left is the Simplebits (original), and the one on the right is the copy.

  • http://www.younggogetter.com/ Travis

    The one on the left is the Simplebits (original), and the one on the right is the copy.

  • http://www.readmassive.com Jason

    Very sketchy.. TOO much inspiration, I think the house icon would have been fine by itelf, without the box around it.

  • http://www.readmassive.com Jason

    Very sketchy.. TOO much inspiration, I think the house icon would have been fine by itelf, without the box around it.