Seems T o Me

Seems to me there are lots of people doing  Design today who get a lot of credit for doing a lot that of what has been done before. Can anyone not see how much of what we are being sold as new and original looks very David Hicks? And people are getting rich off it.  Now there is even a  blog that has a line that looks just like Hicks, or Westgate prints from the 70's.Since when does copying someone elses work with an itty bitty change constitute DESIGNING it .How does one claim to have designed a sofa with a Charles of London arm or a skirted Lawson style chair?  I think they have been around for at least a hundred years, making it shorter or deeper, changing the leg does NOT make one the designer . I think we all nee to give credit where credit is due. There have been blue jeans for a hundred plus years, as well as oxford cloth shirts unless you put the zipper up the back they are the same and it's only sticking ones label on someone Else's design and hoping to get away with it. Why does the Music industry keep such close tabs on it's products while we just seem to be happy to buy any old bootlegged design when NO credit is given to the original designer. anyway this is something to think about ...have a great Davis free weekend...............