Designer Explains: how PRO Industrial Designers Copy

Whether we are talking about a remake, a lookalike or distant cousin, Industrial Designers frequently reference and repurpose ideas when designing new products. We'll discuss the different ways Industrial Designers copy and one instance when it's strongly encouraged to steal.
I use the words copy and steal interchangeably. Steal comes from the Picasso quote “ Good Artist’s borrow, Great Artist’s steal” but Picasso wasn’t the first artist to say it. T.S Elliot said “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” (1920), and Igor Stravinsky had his own take (A good composer does not imitate; he steals,”) More recently, Bansky claimed the statement and literally carved the words in stone.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Copying is like a paradox
1:16 The Homage
2:17 The Remake
3:31 Originality vs Appropriation
6:05 Resistance is futile
7:02 Copy to Learn
8:11 Copy for Self-Discovery
9:44 Steal this... it's encouraged
12:20 Patents
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[@filmdesigner800]

In the film industry we are always looking at others for inspiration. Every film has thousands of images of all kinds of subjects that help inform the look of a film during the process of design.

[@amangadpale9284]

I'm an quite new UX UI designer working for emerging industries making gen-z app design , i like to take inspiration from quite random things and spend time pondering through design before picking up pen and start the final design, its already be in my head from the accumulation from other designs and sometimes some stuff quite very similar, my junior colleagues complaints that i plagiarise or something whjch is not true but i feel after watching this that its really homage to good design not really ripping off any existing design as it is

[@colfax.]

excellent explanation Morna. as an industrial designer, the times i’ve designed alone [without referencing other products] i’ve received comments that the concepts seem uninspired. and that’s because they were. take inspiration, especially with a wide net. you’ve only stolen a design or an idea if the end result is the same. appropriation, for the most part, is key to human progression.

[@k0bb]

"Lean into and follow the things you are attracted to (cos we'll all be attracted to different things)" LAaAAAAAA ✨!!!. Great revelation! Thank you for sharing that! I found this very reassuring and liberating X

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Nice informative video, Thank You.

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Great topic! Thanks for creating interesting, Industrial Designy content.

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Thanks, Paul

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great video as always Morna!

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Hello Morna thanks for ur advice and ur explanations really very instructive

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[@marijandesin8226]

Hello Morna What I like the most is that you are not reading from a script! I have the same book and was waiting if you'd mention it I used to sell them at the Getty museum store I never once opened it The truth is I don't read books Ever! I believe it's a kind of fobia The way I'm wired It's not easy solely relying on your ability to adapt and you're right about not wanting to copy stifled my progress as a musician in the early days What I found works well is taking someones main theme an puting it in a diferent place in your own work ie. taking a famous chorus just a s a snipet in the bridge or turning a bridge or verse you like into a chorus But its hard to replicate the impact of someone's pure and simple idea Sometimes we can't but just admire!

[@DesignplusMorna]

Hey, thanks for the complement! However, the truth is I write a script. It takes me time to figure out what I want to say and then how to frame it. I can't talk like this off the cuff. haha. I think the copying for self-discovery for an artist or musician or any other pure art form (ie. not design) is even more critical to artistic development and less likely to be a real copy. People can't copy like a factory can manufacture a replica. Even if we try to be another artist, it's actually impossible. There is too much friction. So it becomes an interesting experiment to learn about the artist we copy and ourselves, to see what comes out the other side. Interesting to hear how you apply this to music. Recently, I saw a clip of Dave Grohl talking about how he took inspiration from disco and applied it to the drums on the album Nevermind. I'm curious, have you tried listening to audio books? This is one way I've found I can learn ideas without having to sit still in one place.

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[@nezih3057]

“Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal” Steve Jobs

[@corgikun2579]

probably a phrase someone else said in a meeting and Steve used it as his, it's all in Isaacson's book

[@DesignplusMorna]

​ The quote “ Good Artist’s borrow, Great Artist’s steal” is usually attributed to Picasso but he probably wasn’t the first artist to say it. T.S Elliot had a version “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” (1920), and Igor Stravinsky had his own take "A good composer does not imitate; he steals". More recently, Bansky claimed the statement and literally carved the words in stone.

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Hello Morna. I am a mother from Taiwan. I have a 9 years old son. He loves to design many objects.(Sorry, my English is poor .). Especially cars. Could you please give me some advices what can I do to help my child to build the design abilities. Thank you so much.❤❤❤

[@DesignplusMorna]

Hi there, I would encourage him to develop his drawing skills. If he is interested in cars, drawing is a very important skill along with rendering which makes a drawing look like it's in 3D. Encourage him to build and make any object he is interested in. Also encourage him to take objects apart (if he wants to). Disassembling objects, (as long as it's safe) is a great way to discover how things are made and put together. Good luck!

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