Kingsbury, Anna2013-08-022013-08-022010Kingsbury, A. (2010). International harmonisation of designs law: the case for diversity. European Intellectual Property Review, 32(8), 382-395.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7814Industrial design is a hybrid, it lies at the intersection of art and utility. Design refers to aspects of pure and high art, and design is also a feature of the most utilitarian of objects. Design is therefore an essential component of aspects of art and craft, and also of a wide range of consumer and industrial products. In design policy, there is a continuing tension between the desire to protect and promote competition in the commercial arena, and the desire to promote art, creativity and culture.application/pdfenThis article has been published in the journal: European Intellectual Property Review. © 2010 Thomson Reuters Legal Limited and the author. Used with permission.harmonisationlawdesign lawJournal Article