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The next topic of the Good to Know zine is Plagiarism, and we’ve moved the submission deadline to the 31st of January due to the festivities. So for those who wanted to participate but couldn’t do so last month, now’s your chance! I’d love to hear more about what you think about plagiarism; whether you have been on the receiving end or not, and if you think that there’s a way to better combat it.

Also, Theresa wrote in a few weeks ago with a question, to which I’ve answered her below about the same matter:

Hi Amy,
I was given your info based on a question I have. I am looking at starting my own line of design work. I am concerned about stealing. What is your advice on copyrighting and protecting my work. I don’t know how to stop users from right clicking to do a save pic as… Can you offer me any advice?

Hi Theresa,

Considering how much a problem copycats pose to designers everywhere, I’d say that it’s normal to obsess over this. However, there is no foolproof way to NOT be copied. Right-clicking is only one way. Some may just lift your work on the spot and just recreate it on their own software. If someone wants to copy, they’ll find a hundred and one way of doing it.

My advice? Just begin. Create. And if you’re being copied? It means two things: Your work is fabulous (hurrah!) and you can publicly denounce the perpetrator while creating even better, more magnificent stuff to put out there.

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What do you think? Send in your thoughts, ideas and critique to amy{AT}pikaland.com to be included in the next issue!

P/S: To make things sweeter, all participants will receive the full PDF of the issue, plus a special discounted rate for the physical copy!

I’m a fan of Jessica Hagy’s Indexed blog where she utilizes Venn diagrams, graphs and charts to put forth her ideas, thereby visualizing her thoughts and bringing them to life in the simplest manner.

Talk about illustrating a point, eh?

Read more about her and her process at The 99 Percent (this is one of my recent favourite sites), see an animation that was spurred by her idea, and also here’s her book, a postcard book, and also a reporter notebook to pad your bookshelf.

I love stories, and I love a good storyteller. In the case of Flor Panichelli’s finger puppets, it’s easy to see how one can almost imagine the rest of the scene unfolding. Her beautiful little puppets are made of paper, and is also the name of her Etsy shop, Pelpa — which means “paper” in Lunfardo, the dialect of Buenos Aires.

{Discovered via Inhabitots}

UPDATE: Flor has moved into a new shop called Sweet Bestiary and she’ll be posting regular updates on her new blog as well!