Introduction to Shi Yuanwu’s plagiarism incident

The winning works of the world-renowned design competition "Red Dot Award" released in September 2012 caused a stir. On September 7, 2012, a netizen posted on Weibo saying: "The tutor plagiarized the work of a classmate and won the Supreme Award in the International Red Dot Design Competition. There are pictures and the truth!" He claimed that Shi Yuanwu plagiarized the work of his classmate who graduated in 2009 and won the award. For the Supreme Award of the Red Dot Design Competition, Weibo posted photos of two people’s works at the same time. The topic was not new, but due to the international status of the “Red Dot Award”, it immediately aroused thousands of waves and was quickly forwarded and commented on the Internet.

On September 5, 2012, a university in Hubei announced that the work "Lifesaving Triangular Raft" co-designed by Professor Shi Yuanwu and graduate student Wu Chongxiang from the Department of Industrial Design of the School of Art and Design of the school has grown from more than 40 years ago. It stood out from 3,672 shortlisted entries from 20 countries and won the 2012 "Red Dot Supreme Award", an important international design award. Shi Yuanwu has been invited to participate in the international awards ceremony to be held in Singapore in October 2012.

Not long after the news of the award was announced, something unexpected happened. At 1:18 pm on the 7th, a netizen posted on Weibo, claiming that Shi Yuanwu’s award-winning work “Lifesaving Triangular Raft” was plagiarized from his classmate Hu Sumei’s graduation work “Free Space Sea Lifesaving Tent”. Weibo attracted forwarding and comments, and some people commented on it. Plagiarism is condemned, and some people believe that design concepts will inevitably crash, especially when instructors and students may have exchanged relevant information.

The netizen said that he was Hu Sumei’s classmate and enrolled in the school of art and design in 2005. When I saw the news about the award, I felt that the work looked familiar. He said that when he graduated in 2009, the school sent everyone a graduation project album, and Hu Sumei’s works were included in it. He also remembered that during the graduation exhibition, Hu Sumei’s works were displayed in the exhibition hall, and many people watched them. Pass.