As a first time attendee to SemiPermanent my only expectation was to see some great artists making a living out of doing what they love. And some good artworks, designs, creations. And good coffee.
They didn't disappoint.
DAY 1
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As a part of our contribution to the Fieldays Innovations and for use in the LAB, we created a resource under the broad title of 'How Innovation Works' and the resource focussed specifically on generating insight through research.
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Sean has worked with Locus Research both as a client and a collaborator. We have always appreciated his crystalline advice and thinking from a business perspective. So we asked him to write about it. Hope you enjoy.
The question, in various forms, that troubles the owners of most New Zealand businesses every day: What drives business performance?
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Ever feel that you're spending too much on groceries? Well you might be right. According to David Hughes, Emeritus Professor of Food Marketing at Imperial College in London, Kiwis are the fifth biggest spenders on groceries per household.
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Could the next generation CAD tool already be here? Autodesk’s latest addition to its modelling tool line up may just be the answer.
Fusion 360 is part of Autodesk’s 360 programme, a completely cloud-based platform with a huge range of design, collaboration, and analysis tools.
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Over the course of 20 years using a myriad of tools to develop products, the toolset has not structurally changed since the mainstreaming of parametric modelling in the 90's. It has also not really changed that much on the other side with illustrative and image editing tools.
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It’s hard to believe that the time has come again to launch the next year of the Young Innovator Awards – but perhaps that’s because we just finished off an internship with Harry Dobbs, winner of the 2013 Internship Award for his Gutta Cone invention.
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People with young children will know the perils of ice cream in a cone. Oh so delicious, but oh so sticky and messy. Not any more thanks to young Harry Dobbs, the 2013 YIA Internship Award winner, who spent a couple of weeks with the Locus Research and Woods Creative teams in early January working on his ideas to revolutionise the humble ice cream cone, which when you think about it, hasn't changed much for the last 40 years.
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We are working with Balex Marine, helping them develop their Hydraulic Powered Automatic Boat Loader that automates the launch and retrieval of your trailer boat. The Automatic Boat Loader provides the ultimate launch and retrieve experience.
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To be a good designer you have to be a good problem solver. We couldn’t agree more on this point from Jesse Keith, New Zealand turned Singapore designer, who spoke at our latest Inspiration Session. As Owner/Design Director of Vivid Origin Ltd, Jesse themed his session: Global Designs Start from Humble Beginnings.
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