Submit Response is a weblog by Jack Mottram, a Authentifakery
Abe of Abstract Dynamics has posted some intriguing notes on authenticity, prompted by this report on counterfeiting in China:
As “design” continues to seep into every crevice of our culture, counterfeit goods also offer a level of authentic undesign that legal corporations are practically incapable of producing. The off the books and in the shadows production style might be focused upon replicating name brands, but it also generates an environment ideally suited for the art of the machine and the art of the accident to thrive. The counterfeit good is all about “brand”, but it also lives free of a brand manager. It’s all about design too, yet it is made without any concern to the designers intent. And in this freedom mistakes thrive beautifully.
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