Six Lenses The Locus Research blog about creatvity, design, product development and innovation.
Sustainability
/ May 18 2009
At a highly charged workshop in 2008 Michael Braungart stated that people could call Cradle to Cradle whatever they want 'Muesli to Muesli, Noodle to Noodle or whatever.' This appeals to my abstract... Read more
/ May 14 2009
The Product Sustainability Roundtable looks interesting; Supply chain traceability has become a major area of focus and continues to grow. This started out in a range of hard products (think Nike)... Read more
/ February 18 2009
It was a full house at AUT last night, with a crowd of over 80 ranging from architects to economists packing into the small lecture theatre to listen to Dr Janis Birkeland's talk on positive... Read more
/ December 3 2008
The Sustainable Design working group meets this December to discuss a wide range of topics and get a talk from Anna Karin Jönbrink. She will talk about the EuP European directive.
The group's focus... Read more
/ November 11 2008
Through Tom and Giancarlo at the Frog office I was able to meet with Ezio Manzini. Manzini is someone who I have long admired. I have an original hardback copy of ‘The Material of Invention’ authored... Read more
/ November 10 2008
I was befriended in my 3rd year at school by a small group of Final Year Industrial Designers. Two of these are of note; Adam Ellis who merges the landscape with product design and his knowledge of... Read more
/ November 7 2008
Whilst in London I visited Jared Mankelow. Jared and I go quite far back, as a 17 year old he was working as a cabinet maker, he was always interested and hanging around the design studio.Eventually... Read more
/ November 6 2008
I visited the office of Onzo on the 6th and 7th of November to catch up with Neil Tierney and to see what their team is doing. The new offices of Onzo are located in the West End in London. On Great... Read more
/ November 5 2008
We have known the guys in Scotland at Lightweight Medical and Element06 (one in the same) since they visited New Zealand 4-5 years ago. Since that time Ryder Meggitt worked at our old studio in Grey... Read more
/ November 3 2008
During the first part of my European Trip I was hosted by Muireann McMahon a lecturer at the University of Limerick in product design. Product design is part of the Manufacturing and Operations... Read more
