Blog & Videos — Be Original Americas

Originality and the Maker Community

Loll Designs talks the Maker Movement, original ideas, and design community.

Guest BlogBeOANovember 1, 2018Loll Designs, Manufacturing, Made in USA, CraftsmanshipComment

5 Tips for Protecting Your Brand

Our member Niche Modern gives us their best tips for protecting your design.

ProtectionBeOAOctober 16, 2018Niche Modern, CopyrightComment

Valuing Original Design: From Inception to Installation

From Original BTC, original design means investing in the designers and the process that creates it.

Guest BlogBeOASeptember 20, 2018Original BTC, Guest Blog, Member, Lighting, Glassblowing, ManufacturingComment

2018 Fellowship: From Design Students to Designers

For 8 weeks this summer, 2 students explored the ins and outs of the industry through in-the-field experiences with our members.

FellowshipBeOAAugust 9, 2018Fellowship, 2018 FellowshipComment

Design in the Time of Tariffs

From Ted Boerner, the effects of current tariffs go well beyond cost.

Guest BlogBeOAJuly 13, 2018Ted Boerner, Tariffs, Manufacturing, DesignComment

In Good Company, By Design

Designer Brad Ascalon talks about why the design industry sticks together.

Guest BlogBeOAApril 11, 2018Brad AscalonComment

Why Every Designer Needs to Care about Design Integrity

From Gensler Co-Managing Principal Kenneth P. Baker, the reason all designers need to value originality in design.

Guest BlogBeOAMarch 28, 2018GenslerComment

Ask a Retailer: Soft Square

Read how this retailer brings original design from the factory floor to a person’s home.

Guest BlogBeOAFebruary 15, 2018Soft Square, RetailComment

Knockoffs, Because "The Client Can't Afford the Real Thing"

Retailer Gabriel Ross weighs in on how to get clients & customers invested in original design.

Guest BlogBeOADecember 7, 2017Gabriel Ross, RetailComment

Debunking the Myth: Original Design is Too Expensive

m.a.d. furniture design talks how originality and price are not mutually exclusive.

Guest BlogBeOANovember 8, 2017m.a.d. furniture designComment

Inspiration vs. Copy

Bend Goods on where inspiration stops and copying begins.

Guest BlogBeOASeptember 26, 2017Comment

2017 Fellowship: A Different Way to Learn Design

Watch how our 2017 Student Design Fellows spent the summer learning in the field.

FellowshipBeOAAugust 16, 20172017 FellowshipComment

2016 Fellowship: What Did Our Design Students Learn?

Our 2016 Student Design Fellows share their stories after a summer of hands-on learning.

FellowshipBeOAAugust 12, 20162016 Fellowship Comment

Be Original Americas meets with U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Be Original Americas meets with U.S. Customs & Border Protection and U.S. Department of Homeland Security on on protecting original design.