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Meet a original copycat

Published May 5, 2009 WE HATE... Leave a Comment
Tags: Copy, Copycat, Fake

The original (red) strainer is designed by Boje Estermann and was introduced by Normann Copenhagen in august 2005. The other version is a copy made by the company Sagaform – we found the pictures in their 2009 catalogue.

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We are pretty sure that Sagaforms lawyer would argue that their version has no visual or funktional comparison to our Strainer… we will let you be the judge of that.

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… and yes, our original strainer also comes in green. More info on our homepage.

Related blogposts:
Respect to Fritz – Fritz Hansens fight against copies of their furnitures
Fake Y-chair – We feel the pain
Zone Denmark – Do you need help

Pole-sitting on Danish roads!

Published February 27, 2009 WE HATE... 2 Comments
Tags: Grøn bølge, odd, pictogram, Pole, sign

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A couple of weeks ago we spotted a few odd signs in Stockholm (No pole-dancing in Swedish trains!)). But it seems that we Danes are just as bad. The text above the sign reads “Green wave”. Sorry, but that doesn’t help us much when all we see is a person with one leg shorter than the other sitting on a very thin pole. Do you have a different interpretation of the sign, please let us know.
Spotted outside our store in Copenhagen.

Respect to Fritz

Published February 16, 2009 Respect , WE HATE... 1 Comment
Tags: Chair, Copy, Copycat, egg, furniture, smash

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We just spotted this cool fight the copies campaign from Fritz Hansen furniture.

No pole-dancing in Swedish trains!

Published February 9, 2009 Design , WE HATE... 2 Comments
Tags: dance, pictogram, Pole

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We spotted this pictogram on a train in Stockholm last night. But what does it try to communicate? Does it have something to do with dancing…in the rain or maybe that you are not allowed to stand on one foot when waving to your friends… we don’t know.

Making pictograms is probably one of the most difficult graphic design assignments one can get – so we really respect the designers (like Ole Søndergaard) that master the art… but something went very wrong in Stockholm. Please help interpret the next couple of examples.

pictogram-2 Our suggestions are: 1. A strange new moon cart. 2. You are allowed to use a fitness ball on the train. 3. Bike with one small and one large seat. 4. Something with Marilyn Monroe. 5. Don´t smoke cigarets in the wrong end!

Evacuated in Paris!

Published January 28, 2009 Design , WE HATE... Leave a Comment
Tags: collaps, evacuate, fall, Maison, Maison Object, Object, Spring, Storm, tent, windy

We just got back from the design fair Maison & Object in Paris. Due to very gusty winds during Friday the tent were exhibiting in were about to collaps, so everybody was evacuated. In this clip you can see how our Planes are ”flying”. Also notice the lamps that are about to take off in the last scene.

The tent didn´t fall and nobody got hurt – except some very tempered exhibitors who lost a day’s worth of sales.

Melting Norm 69 lamp!!!

Published December 4, 2008 WE HATE... 1 Comment
Tags: Copycat, Fake, ugly

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Sometimes we find a fake Norm 69 lamp. This version we spotted on the British Dwell.co.uk aka.“King of Copycats” homepage, looks like it’s been melting! Dwell we feel sorry for your customers, because they are in for a surprise if they buy your cheap fake products.

More scary design freaks in our “We hate” category.
Want to see the real version – follow this link.

Fake Y-chair

Published August 14, 2008 Design , WE HATE... 4 Comments
Tags: Copycat, Fake, Hans J. Wegner, Wishbone, Y chair

We feel pain when a product created with superior craftmanship and love is being copied like in this case. The Y chair // “Wishbone Chair” designed by Danish legend Hans J. Wegner has been produced by our Danish colleagues Carl Hansen www.carlhansen.com for almost 60 years.

We love the attention to details and feel almost sick seeing how the Copycat cut corners and take shortcuts trying to duplicate such an icon as the Y chair. Potential owners of this copy will learn it the hard way, since only true quality stand the test of time.

To all design fans – do not believe all you see, get close and FEEL it.
To the Copycats – If you mess with our friends you mess with us!!!!

It has to look right – to feel right!

Published July 10, 2008 Tech. , WE HATE... Leave a Comment
Tags: airport, Computer, Design, frankfurt, Pc

We got a little worried when we found this Grundig computer at our gate leaving Frankfurt Airport. Let’s hope it is not this kind of hardware that handles the airplane-traffic at one of the most busy airports in Europe.
Peter H… safely back home

Bike Art!

Published March 28, 2008 Art , WE HATE... Leave a Comment
Tags: bikes, caos, dont steal, fence

This is what happens when you don’t make nice placements for bicycles… This could be art, but an architect could probably do a better work?Louise

Zone Denmark – do you need help!!!

Published March 18, 2008 WE HATE... Leave a Comment
Tags: Denmark, flower, help, POT, Zone

We have just discovered that Zone Denmark likes our “Pot for one flower” so much that they have decided to make a very similar product.
The world is full of great designers, so Zone, let us know if you need help finding a unique design – rather than just copying from others.

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