Apple's chief designer Jonathan Ive recently criticised Xiaomi's alleged copying of its iPhone, saying: "It is theft and it is lazy.
The history of architecture and design is a history of copying, sampling and remixing, so why not celebrate the fact?
Apple's chief designer Jony Ive also recently hit out at Xiaomi's alleged copying, dismissing suggestions of flattery saying "I think it is really straightforward.
On the evening of 15 March – after a relatively unmemorable performance – Kills piled in on the dress sense of contestant Joe Irvine, accusing him of copying her husband's look and calling him "creepy" and "disgusting" in the process.
Jony Ive, Apple's chief designer, recently hit out at designs that could be seen as copying Apple.
"In the last 10 years, there has been a lot of looking to the west and copying from it.
Australia's wannabe culture warriors are copying a playbook that's been honed for decades in Britain and the US.
Archaeologist Jack Carlson, writing in Foreign Policy magazine, argues that the wholesale copying of architectural culture may have its roots in something much bigger than shameless commercial borrowing: "The ancient parallels for these copycat projects suggest that they are not mere follies, but monumental assertions of China's global primacy".
Xiaomi, Samsung and other smartphone manufacturers have been accused of copying Apple's designs, with long-running patent lawsuits between Apple and Samsung as well as others taking arguments to court.
Art is an endless game of copying, parody and rejection: imitation and rivalry.
The Chinese smartphone company has also faced criticism with a reputation for copying the designs of other companies.
