The Dayuan International Centre in Chengdu, China is a strategically planned, beautifully conceptualized urban precinct that pulsates with the ethos of the metropolis but conserves the serenity of a countryside neighbourhood! Check it out here…
International colour and trend forecaster, Latika Khosla talks to IAnD about how one can pursue a career as a colour and trend consultant. Check out the interview and leave us your views…
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Metaphorical and environmentally conscious design anoints the new premises of the International Criminal Court at Hague, Netherlands. Check it out here...
The indefatigable Ar. Sanjay Puri earns his 74th international award for Reservoir - an office building in Rajasthan - now on his drawing board. Check out the concept here and leave us your views…
Nicolas Laisné Associés design 'Offices with Terraces'- a professional environment that stresses on a seamless integration of the external and internal environment in Nice, France.
Second awardees MuseLAB Design Engine pays tribute to master architect Le Corbusier at the international concept competition for the 'Museum of Knowledge', Chandigarh
Driven by the need to facilitate #Sikh pilgrims across international borders, the #LandportTerminalBuilding at #DeraBabaNanak, #Punjab, designed by Creative Group is no less a sacred space - the essence communicated by way of art, architecture and scale. Check it out here
As the buzz of the London Design Festival that has just concluded last night, continues in hushed wow's, Team IAnD chews on the thought of the colossal participation, burgeoning by the years... check out our insight here...
Date issued: June 26, 2006. This article is basically about a three-day conference that was held in Rio De Janeiro. A rare global alliance of artists, scientists, and lawyers met to discuss working towards creating a "creative commons," which would give artists the privilege of deciding which rights they wished to maintain and which to share. "In its broadest form, the Creative Commons system allows creators and consumers of culture not only to view or listen to a digital work but also to copy, remix or sample it, as long as the originator is properly credit" Gilberto Gil, who is a singer-songwriter as well as Brazil's culture minister and an advocate of overhauling the global copyright, also attended the conference. Gil spoke about his six year battle in court with publishing companies to recover ownership of his work. Which now exceeds more than 400 songs which Gil has all registered with Creative Commons-he has retained the rights of some but had made others available for listeners to interpret, copy and manipulate as they please. The author of this article, Larry Rohter, appears to be mostly reporting. He doesn't blatantly state his opinion on the subject, however the article is one sided, in favor of Creative Commons and all the artists struggling to gain the copy rights of their work. He is for Creative Commons.
Date issued: January 7, 2010. An article from Law Vibe. Written by C.C. at International Law News/Lawyer Lifestyle. The article was written about what in the writer's opinion were the top ten biggest copyright infringement lawsuits between 2000 and 2009. Cases such as "Napster shuts down", "Apple sues Pystar", and UMG and Viacom take on Veoh and Youtube" lead the article. A reoccurring theme in the business of copyright lawsuits seems to be illegal file sharing online. Many websites that provided options for illegally downloading music have been sued or shut down over the years, including Napster and Pirate Bay. Modeling agencies such as Perfect 10 sued Google over copyrighted pictures of their models showing up online, the courts however ruled this fair use and the case has since been closed. This article shows a brief history of how copyrighting has become a central legal issue over the past decade and how various companies and defendants have dealt with the cases presented to them.