News: the deliberate copying of a design is set to become a criminal offence in the UK, in line with the law on breaching copyright and trademarks. More about UK to criminalise deliberate copying of design
News: the way design is sold to the public is "stuck" in the past and hasn't changed since the seventies, according to the founder of a brand that aims to sell high-quality furniture online (+ interview). More about Furniture brands "terrible" at selling online
News: Bahrain-based investment bank Investcorp has agreed to pay $140m to buy luxury design brand Georg Jensen, the Danish luxury brand famous for its silverware and jewellery, from Danish private equity group Axcel. More about Georg Jensen sold to Investcorp for 0 million
News: a tool that lets businesses measure and predict the financial outcomes of investing in design is being developed by a research team in Finland, whose project leader says designers should talk numbers rather than aesthetics to appeal to prospective clients. More about Designers should persuade clients with numbers not aesthetics, says new report
News: online design retailer Fab.com is closing its UK site and relocating up to 35 staff from London to Berlin as part of a move to create a single European e-commerce site based in Germany. More about Fab.com launches "shopfront for the whole of Europe"
News: Berlin design fair Qubique has been postponed until 2013, the organisers have announced. More about Qubique postponed
Dezeen Wire: Dutch architecture and design publishers NAi Publishers and 010 are to merge and will be known as nai010 publishers from 1 July . More details on the NAi website.
Related: last month venerable Swiss architectural publisher Birkhäuser went into administration.
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Dezeen Wire: Swiss architecture and design publisher Birkhäuser has gone into administration just over two years after being bought out by Spanish publisher ACTAR.
All business is currently on hold until a new buyer can be found for the company, which was first founded by Emil Birkhäuser back in 1879.
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