Life Cycle Thinking
We identified an opportunity in the medical market to create innovative next to skin applications for The Merino Company's specialist capability merino and performance textiles.
The medical... Read more
We created a programme to provide greater margins and to develop a relationship with the end consumer that had the potential to deliver a more sustainable value chain for the future. Cortex was the... Read more
We worked with companies to help them understand how to integrate sustainability into the product development process.
This programme created by Landcare Research bought together all the key... Read more
Our team carefully reviewed the existing Cayo products and developed a series of recommendations that would retain the key design features Coast had developed but productionise it and improve... Read more
The Life Cycle Thinking series was made possible through the support of the Hothouse at Unitec, the Ministry for the Environment with support from Prodesign, The Designers Institute of New... Read more
Life Cycle Thinking has been a developing area within New Zealand. However, little was known about the practitioners and their approach to life cycle assessment, and more specifically, the inventory... Read more
This programme was established to create an in-depth understanding about the use of finger jointed and primed timber products in the exterior cladding, siding, and trim market in the US. The research... Read more
It looked holistically at the New Zealand exterior cladding context and has subsequently gone on to form the basis for a major R&D project which will be launched commercially in 2008. Read more
The project hinged on the presence of young NZ designer Josh Astill based in Holland. A project was hatched where Josh would seek to spend five to six months at TU Delft, the recognised leader in the... Read more
Design Mobel had built its reputation on great design, excellent sleep comfort and health, and had strong environmental commitment with its ISO 14001 management system. Read more
