Pablo Picasso once said, “Good artists borrow, great artists steal.”
Every artist and writer is certainly aware of this oft-repeated bit of wisdom, and there’s a kernel of truth to it. There’s also the view that no design is original and that it’s an evolution of everything that came before it. But I also believe that there’s a difference between a design that’s been “inspired” by something versus a design that’s been downright duplicated.
And maybe that’s the question we really need to start asking—what’s the difference between a tribute, a reference, and a direct copy?
