DWR Wants to Patch Up Relationships with Designers They'd Copied

Following up on one of the biggest stories to close out 2009 with: the hiring of John Edelman at the long-suffering Design Within Reach, the NY Times has put together this very interesting piece about the designers and companies who had gone after DWR for blatantly copying their designs. Alan Heller, in particular, talks about his getting burnt by the company, who he’d sold furniture of his own creation to, only to have his work copied, its name changed, and listed with prices cheaper than he’d sold his originals for.