Six Lenses The Locus Research blog about creatvity, design, product development and innovation.
Innovation
/ February 26 2013
Over this past summer I have had the great pleasure of working with Locus Research on the Delloch hip protection project and, as the project comes to a close, I have been asked to share some of the... Read more
/ February 8 2013
After many years of running sessions at the studio, we threw the doors open for the first public 'Inspiration Session' at the Library Bar at the Mount.
Dion Cawood (Lead Business Development Manager... Read more
/ November 16 2012
The year 2012 marks ten years since Locus Research was formed. We have enjoyed a diverse range of projects and learned a lot from the challenges, successes, and failures over the decade, whilst... Read more
/ November 12 2012
New Zealand wool is regarded as the whitest wool grown anywhere in the world. Its soft, almost cloud like. Well today New Zealand Wool came to the Cloud in Auckland on the waterfront for the Shear... Read more
/ September 1 2012
Hair-nets, beard-nets, hoods, overalls and sticky floor pads – even the shoes can’t escape the dirt amnesty. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is no normal manufacturing facility. And so it shouldn... Read more
/ August 16 2012
We were fortunate enough to both help in creating, and attending the recent Kiwinet Investor Engagement workshop which Chairman of Plant and Food, Michael Ahie presented at. Michael presented as a... Read more
/ August 1 2012
About 80 keen local business people from around the Bay of Plenty braved an early morning start on Friday 27 July to hear Mark Pennington talk about the importance of design and innovation in... Read more
/ July 6 2012
Yesterday I attended a workshop run by Rob Adams on Market validation which was about how to go about validating market opportunities for new products and services.
Rob is strategic consultant and... Read more
/ December 1 2011
The following principles were laid out by Mat Nalder during his recent designer in residence week with us. We alwasy love mat's work and it is great having him in the studio again. Read more
/ August 4 2011
There are three critical problems that confront anyone trying to undertake a product development. This presentation investigates how to identify a winning product, what are the ingredients of success... Read more
