This week on Dezeen: discount supermarket Aldi triggered a debate about copyright laws in furniture design this week after it emerged the company was selling replica versions of a classic chair design by Ray and Charles Eames.
Furniture designer Rupert Blanchard shared images of Aldi's near-identical version of the DSW Eames Plastic Chair, currently produced under license by Vitra, to his social media saying it was "not cool".
Architecture and design critic Oliver Wainwright jumped in on the Twitter conversation, declaring that "the licensing model that sees Eames designs elevated to luxury collectibles goes utterly against everything they stood for".
Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard "Jenga tower" nears completion in New York In other news this week, Instagram users shared image of Herzog & de Meuron's nearly complete Jenga-like residential skyscraper in New York while Foster + Partners unveiled the design for its first project in Brooklyn.
KPF's 10 Hudson Yards skyscraper in New York welcomes first tenant Coach
Also in New York, the first completed tower in the massive Hudson Yards development opened its doors as the Skyscraper Museum released an online tool chronicling the explosion of skinny towers in the city.
Nendo reimagines Bangkok department store as a new concept for retail
Prolific Japanese studio Nendo completed its biggest-ever project ? a complete renovation of a shopping centre in Bangkok ? and we continued our co...