http://designcrack.com/v2/2007/02/06/pint-glass-by-emiko-oki/ Design Crack: High Concept, Beautiful, and Clever Design, Fashion, and Architecture. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:48:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://designcrack.com/v2/2007/02/06/pint-glass-by-emiko-oki/comment-page-1/#comment-45422 Design Crack - Inside Out Collection Liqueur Glass Set: The original or a ripoff? Sun, 04 Nov 2007 05:55:26 +0000 http://designcrack.com/v2/2007/02/06/pint-glass-by-emiko-oki/#comment-45422 [...] Hey! hey! What the f##k is going on here? Which one of these glasses is the original and which is a ripoff? About a year ago I reported on a woman who had created a design for a glass so similar that it feels like an impossible coincidence. The pint glass by Emiko Oki is pretty much the same design concept as the Inside Out Collection. I guess I should be asking myself does it even matter that they are the exact same design. My answer is yes it does matter. It’s an insanely cute and clever idea for a product that can be sold at a reasonable price. That means that whomever had come up with the concept could do well on the sales of this thing. I know nothing of protection of ideas, so maybe there is no case for Oki or the Inside Out Collection, but it might be worth investigating. You tell me. Is this a big deal or not? [...] [...] Hey! hey! What the f##k is going on here? Which one of these glasses is the original and which is a ripoff? About a year ago I reported on a woman who had created a design for a glass so similar that it feels like an impossible coincidence. The pint glass by Emiko Oki is pretty much the same design concept as the Inside Out Collection. I guess I should be asking myself does it even matter that they are the exact same design. My answer is yes it does matter. It’s an insanely cute and clever idea for a product that can be sold at a reasonable price. That means that whomever had come up with the concept could do well on the sales of this thing. I know nothing of protection of ideas, so maybe there is no case for Oki or the Inside Out Collection, but it might be worth investigating. You tell me. Is this a big deal or not? [...]

]]> http://designcrack.com/v2/2007/02/06/pint-glass-by-emiko-oki/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Design Crack » Blog Archive » Trophy Tableware by Emiko Oki Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:50:13 +0000 http://designcrack.com/v2/2007/02/06/pint-glass-by-emiko-oki/#comment-786 [...] Emiko Oki designs some of the most clever products!  Recently, I reviewed the pint glass that she created, and this product is of a similar theme. It’s called Trophy Tableware because Emiko takes the coffee pot, bowl, cup, saucer, and so on, and creates a groove in the ceramics with which the user can stack the pieces to make a grand trophy. I find it to be similar to the pint glass in that the implied silhouette of the piece makes the piece. Everything is left simple and unadorned. I must admit I was daydreaming of what this piece might look like with some sort of baroque applied design, but it’s simplicity is probably its strength as well. [...] [...] Emiko Oki designs some of the most clever products!  Recently, I reviewed the pint glass that she created, and this product is of a similar theme. It’s called Trophy Tableware because Emiko takes the coffee pot, bowl, cup, saucer, and so on, and creates a groove in the ceramics with which the user can stack the pieces to make a grand trophy. I find it to be similar to the pint glass in that the implied silhouette of the piece makes the piece. Everything is left simple and unadorned. I must admit I was daydreaming of what this piece might look like with some sort of baroque applied design, but it’s simplicity is probably its strength as well. [...]

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