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Ask YC: Hacking, Is it unethical to emulate others designs?
I had to build a bespoke shopping cart, I looked about as to who was doing it right and loved the style of the etsy.com cart, thus I emulated their style, is this unethical in your opinion?
Here are the guilty results:
http://www.vin-bio-vin-biologique.fr
- bigtoga 18y agoI think it's fine to get inspiration as long as you aren't stealing. I modeled mine after amazon. I'm not a guru designer and I took what I liked from about five sites total to create my mashup. Take the ideas/elements you like and make them your own somehow. People will appreciate the originality also.
- xenoterracide 18y agomy first mockup takes inspiration from http://last.fm http://last.fm and http://digg.com http://digg.com
- LPTS 18y agoGreat artists steal.