Awards

Awards are not a great predictor of commercial success (particularly in design). But when our team and clients have worked hard on a project to deliver it to market it is great to stop and reflect. Documenting a project can often illustrate just how far you’ve come.

We are always pleased to celebrate the success of those with work with and for. We generally enter awards we have supported and feel a part of.

Best Awards

Best Awards

Best Awards Site

The Best Awards are the key Design Awards in New Zealand. They are organised by the Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ). Locus has been an active participant in various DINZ initiatives and continues to contribute to the development of product and sustainability within the organisation.

Locus Research Managing Director Timothy Allan helped to institute the ‘Sustainable Product Design’ Award and was the inaugural judge in 2004.

We have had a number of projects feature in the Best Awards ranging from a surfboard travel system to an exterior cladding system to a hair conditioning system.

Inverse Hair Conditioning System
Delloch Hip Protection
GetSorted Home Storage
Encircle Medical Devices
Drybase Tiled Shower System
Cortex - Exterior Cladding System
Littl' Juey
Curve Surf
Hold - Furniture Range
Cayo & the Outdoor Room
Forester Chainsaw Protection
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DuPont New Zealand and Australia Innovations Awards

Dupont Innovation Awards

In the Australasian context these awards are the heavyweight. They have been a part of the Australian Innovation Festival for some time. They are held bi-annually which intensifies the level of competition and the quality of entries.

The Ground breaking work done in the Circadian Sleep System was selected one of only 13 finalists across all categories and sat amongst some incredible R&D projects. The appeal of the DuPont awards is they recognise real research and development at a structural level and include in depth discussion of sustainability within the context of the awards.

Circadian Sleep System
Encircle Medical Devices
Sustainable Design and Innovation

Sustainable Design & Innovation Awards

Sustainable Design and Innovation Awards

The Sustainable Business Challenge is held each year by the sustainable business network. These awards are a benchmark in the New Zealand context and recognise leading businesses sustainability initiatives. Locus Research has been involved regionally (Bay of Plenty) as a Judge and an advocate for the awards and also won the central and southern award in 2009 against stiff competition and proceeded to the national finals.

Cortex - Exterior Cladding System
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ISPO Brand New

ISPO Brand New
The new entrant award which is a part of the global sporting and equipment show; ISPO This award has feature some great New Zealand innovators such as Blo-Kart.
 
The innovative Curve Surf Travel system was a finalist in 2008 and featured in their exhibition.
 
Locus Research will be targeting something at the Brand-New awards as an internal project in the next 2-3 years, so watch this space.
Curve Surf
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Sustainable 60

Sustainable 60

The award was created by Fairfax media and Price Waterhouse Coopers in 2009 provided the perfect opportunity to recognise the wider areas of sustainability within a business. 

Locus Research was the recipient of the Overall Exemplar for Small business. This recognised the work we have done in a range of business areas. To be eligible for the exemplar award we had to enter all five categories, the list below outlines the categories we entered and what projects we applied to each category.

  • Strategy and Governance - Our internal 'Evolve' project;
  • Workplace - Our Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme;
  • Marketplace - The innovative Transform initiatives for Textiles New Zealand;
  • Environment - Life Cycle Thinking Workshops;
  • Community - Our contribution to the formation of the Sustainable Design Group of New Zealand.

We were very pleased to receive the award as it recognised us not as a design company, but as a business. We work pretty hard on all facets of our business so it was a great privilege to be recognised along with other great companies such as Landcare Research, Urgent Couriers, NZ Merino amongst others.

Transform
Life Cycle Thinking Workshops
Focus on Health

Focus on Health

Focus on Health
Locus Research took part in the fantastic New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) initiative ‘Focus on Health’. Focus on health was an innovation challenge that  sought to assist NZ companies commercialising healthcare products and services into the US market.
 
We were fortunate to be selected from over 100 entries to be a semi-finalist and were able to take part in pitching to top US healthcare experts and Investors.
Encircle Medical Devices
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Interior Design Awards

Interior Design Awards
The Australian Interior Design Awards is a partnership event of the Design Institute of Australia, DesignEX and ARTICHOKE magazine.
 
DesignEx is the premier Design event in Australasia that is held alternately between Melbourne and Sydney. It is an important calendar event for most key furniture and household goods manufacturers.
 
It is always interesting to take part in DesignEx and experience what is a great design event.
Thermowood - A Material Investigation
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Medical Design Excellence Award

Medical Design Excellence Awards

The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition is the premier awards program for the medical technology community, recognizing the achievements of medical product manufacturers and the many people behind the scenes worldwide.

Encircle Medical Devices