It was not the first time he had been accused of plagiarism. The 'leak' was clearly at the Feigl front, which called in the newspaper. Roosegaarde opted for the denial strategy in crisis communication and that is where things go wrong. This adds fuel to the fire for other media and the online public. The parrot parrot effect. screenshot de Volkskrant Dan Roosegaarde crisis communication.
With the striking resemblance between the works. 'But,' he assures me, 'I only saw that work for the first time two weeks ago in a TV broadcast about Feigl. I felt like I had entered a bad dream. I immediately called him and invited him to the whatsapp list studio to view the prototype. That was a constructive conversation. We have remained in contact for the past two weeks.' Feigl said.
To start with, it turned out that the works are technically the same 'basically'. 'Then came the question whether I could adapt my work. I refused that. After which a number of proposals about a joint statement followed by e-mail. But it always came down to recognizing their work. What the upside down world is. My work is older. † † Also read: Creating a crisis communication plan. How do you do that? Roosegaarde believes that there can be no question of withdrawing from the work.