I had been chasing this idea around in my brain for months and months, and then a client approached me (a young Australian, looking to furnish his cafe in friedrichshain with furniture he made himself) with a very similar design, and for me, that was the tipping point. Too often have I discovered that a design I have been “working on” has already been designed by someone else, and if the design is too similar, then I will be the copy cat, regardless of the fact that the idea originated in my head. [Read more…]