Six Lenses The Locus Research blog about creatvity, design, product development and innovation.
Reviews
/ July 21 2010
The following Post is in Response to the Article on Fixing Wool in New Zealand which can be found on the Prodesign website.We were interested to read the article in the current issue of Prodesign... Read more
/ July 2 2010
Stand up and be counted
Tribes - Seth Godin
Tribes is an excellent book about leadership, about creating movements, and marketing based on positive word of mouth. "Leadership is scarce because few... Read more
/ July 1 2010
Doing it big and doing it your way
The Google Story - David A. Vise and Mark Malseed
This book, The Google Story, provides a remarkable insight into one of the most influential group of... Read more
/ March 14 2009
Professor Paul Callaghan's interview with Kim Hill on national radio was an interesting article about Innovation in New Zealand. Wool to Weta. The article centres on a new book that Callaghan has... Read more
/ September 9 2008
If I needed to summarise my comments with one sentence I’d say “Cradle to Cradle is great but not a panacea”.
The below is a limited analysis of “why”, only for those who have some time to kill... Read more
/ September 8 2008
I was lucky enough to be a part of the select audience at Michael Braungart’s extra presentation on Tuesday. Three points have reverberated in my mind since his presentation on Cradle to Cradle... Read more
/ July 22 2008
This book is a great introduction to Life Cycle Assessment. I found the history aspect at the start insightful and interesting. It is always helpful to know where something has come from.
I have used... Read more
/ July 22 2008
This book is a classic, It is both inspiring and interesting to read. It tracks the life and times of the Founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard. An interesting times these were. Turns out Yvon was an... Read more
/ July 7 2008
The title 'How to do Ecodesign' and the authors are Ursula Tischner, Eva Schmincke, Frieder Rubik, Martin Prosler.
The 'Ecodesign' title dates it to the late 1990's before the... Read more
