Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/10/29
By: Chang Jung-hsiang and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Oct. 29 (CNA) The logo for the 2019 Tainan Arts Festival logo has been found to be a copy of the work of British illustrator Maria-Ines Gul and posters bearing the logo have been taken down after its designer admitted plagiarism, the Tainan City Cultural Affairs Bureau said Tuesday.

The festival kicked off Oct. 9 and is slated to conclude Nov. 11.

However, the plagiarism was revealed Oct. 24 in a message posted on the Tainan Arts Festival's Facebook page.

The bureau then contacted the three-member studio dubbed @3urstudio, which it had commissioned to design the poster.    [FULL  STORY]