Government Research
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
Our response was to present a structured approach with four simple steps that would allocate the funds to progressive companies and interesting projects. These steps involved: 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
Developed in conjunction with New Zealand Fashion Week, The Bombay Sapphire Design Room at Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2005 was a partnership between The Dowse, EON Design Centre, Locus Research and... Read more
