Yikes! The designer should be proud!! He or she didn't go very far afield of the Guardian did they.

Oh. My. Gawd.

Remember, it is cheaper to buy a template off the Internet, than to hire a designer to create something unique :)

With all due respect, a story has a headline and text in UK and in Israel; picture notes, are constructed in the same form in Paris, France or in Paris, Tx; Opinion pages look alike in almost every american newspaper...

so, what is the problem in using the same “styling” if good typographies are used all around the world (sure not in these case)... but for example, Poynter is used in 38 out of the 100 biggest newspapers... or if color is now used to organize information? do you really believe that the blue color is exclusive for the Guardian? or for Le Figaro?

I know the word “plagiarism” and to be honest, I see it in Hazofe... but do you think that israeli readers really care about regionalism in newspaper design?

Hate to say these, but sometimes I feel that our work is only a discussion of moral values between designers...

This has made me laugh a lot.

I doubt the several-thousand-pound-spending folk in charge of the Guardian re-design will be too happy though.

Although, I'd be flattered.

I don't know what you're talking about. Look at the typography. These are totally different. ;-)

The guardian has set a new design trend and i'm sure there will be more copies or variations of it around the world. Where a copy or one inspired by it is published, it doesnt matter if it is similar to The Guardian. Not too many people would notice say, in Israel. Others are not copied probably because there's nothing to copy in them. Some copy, others come up with original ideas and win the awards.

I wonder, though, if newspapers would start copying their intellectual design property. It's not desirable to get the lawyers involved, but it would seem that we (as designers) cannot be trusted to police ourselves.

This reminds me of when Men's Health Magazine (Rodale Publishing) sued Men's Fitness Magazine (American Media) for "imitating the look and feel of their cover." Men's Fitness was forced to redesign their cover.
Keep in mind this took place in the u.s.a., where you can sue someone for mispronouncing your name.

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1:54581559/%60MENS+HEALTH+FILES+SUIT+AGAINST+%60MENS+FITNESS%7eC%7e+RODALE+ACCUSES+WEIDER+TITLE+OF+IMITATING+LOOK+AND+FEEL+OF+COVER.html

Looks like, but I don't think so, similar could be, so the Guardian logo is not unique, is simple, so anybody can do that, is very close but never the same. different countries, different personalities.

ouch, i hear law suit..