'copy' by kueng caputo

‘rockwood’ by arik levy & copy

‘copying’ has an extremely negative connotation. the design world prides itself on originality and authenticity. but what would happen if a designer intentionally wanted to copy another design. the design duo kueng-caputo asked this question when they were thinking about the exclusivity of most design objects. ‘only a copy makes the original suitable for mass production. in the process, despite the apparent close similarity, essential elements are often lost. copies such as this offend the original, even if at heart they are a compliment to the original idea.’ using this as inspiration, the team created a series of copies based on recently released design objects.

http://www.kueng-caputo.ch ‘nido’ by eva marguerre & copy

‘jack’ by will smith & copy

‘cartoon’ by gamplus fratesi

copy of ‘cartoon’ by gamplus fratesi

‘staple’ by jean-philippe bonzon & copy

‘duct chair’ by stephan siepermann & copy

‘deeply superficial object’ by frédéric dedelley & copy