Originality: Cases and Materials
Book: 11.75″ x 15″ x 0.5″ ,inkjet printed book, post binding, bristol cover, edition 4
Print: 12″ x 15″ , letter press print, edition 65
Volvelle: 9.75″ diameter, die cut and letterpress
available as set or individually. limited edition.

Book and volvelle (wheel chart) that reconfigures twenty copyright infringement cases based on the objects in question. (For instance Art Rogers v. Jeff Koons becomes Puppies vs. String of Puppies.)

The book includes a wheel chart, Originality Compass, which abridges the cases to the essential judgments about originality. The court decisions presented in the compact scale of the disk provide a birds-eye view into the subjectivity of the arguments that vary on a case-by-case basis. In contrast to this, the wheel chart as a measuring device suggests that definitive answers are being provided.

Originality: Cases and Materials, the accompanying book, presents the case research for the Originality Compass wheel chart. The book consists of copies of the source material court cases with underlining and margin notes that highlight aesthetic contemplations in the court.