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Knock off brands5/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Granted, the word “Crust” doesn’t exactly conjure up clean teeth, but it’s still for sale on Alibaba for as low as 2 cents a tube. ![]() They offer a free toothbrush in its package with “whitening” and “fresh mint,” which define Crest’s brand. While the original Crest logo was designed by Donald Deskey, an American designer who saw his rise in the 1940s and 1950s, this Libyan brand adjusts the typography with a playful, albeit cheesy touch. The Procter & Gamble toothpaste, which first hit the market in 1955, has an imitator in Libya - not China, but it’s available there, as well. The stores never opened, they were just mock ups to inspire potential real estate moguls to buy the entire strip. In another case, Sffcccks Coffee, is part of a street of knockoffs in China, which is accompanied by H&M knockoff (H&N) and Zara (Zare). It was redesigned when Howard Schultz took over in 1987 and the current logo was unveiled in 2011 for the company’s 40 th anniversary, which covers up the mermaid’s breasts and navel. Initially, it was inspired by a logo based on a 15 th century Norse woodcut of a two-tailed siren. In another case, KLG fast food restaurants once operated in China and Malaysia.īy using the same logo shape, colors and similar font, there’s not much of a difference between this and the real Starbucks logo, which was created by Terry Heckler in 1971. The new restaurant is called “UFO,” but Obama remains on their logo. This slapdash project quickly came to a halt when KFC China threatened to take legal action. The Chinese version, obviously, shows Obama. They modified the traditional Kentucky Fried Chicken logo, which was first designed in 1952 but was updated in 1997 by Landor Associates and shows Colonel Sanders smiling. Obama Fried Chicken restaurant on campus, selling fried chicken and hamburgers. Whether it’s the BlockBerry or the iPed, here are some of the best and worst design knockoffs we’ve come across. As major shopping sites like Amazon and eBay allow their customers to report counterfeit goods, knockoff design is all in the details. Major brands have still been caught in sweatshop scandals, including Apple. Human rights is the biggest issue, as underpaid children are often the ones illegally making these products in sweatshops, according to writer Dana Thomas, who wrote Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster. The Stop Online Piracy Acts (SOPA) bill was introduced to fight knockoffs, but the worst countries China, Nigeria and India, still run rampant. Aside from counterfeit fashion, food and tech products, there are also knockoff medication, including antibiotics, that kills over 700,000 people a year in underdeveloped countries. Last year, there were $1.77 trillion of global trade in the knockoff industry, which is double than what it was seven years ago. We’ve seen them all - they infringe on trademark, copyright, patent or intellectual property laws. Besides, it’s impossible to stop design knockoffs or counterfeit consumer goods that rip-off brand name products. Does creative culture really thrive with copycats? According to the authors of The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation, they force innovation and make business cycles run faster. ![]()
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