Product Development

SMEs/Startups / May 5 2009
This project set out to develop a fundamentally new type of preformed shower base and waste system, along with an advanced and architecturally designed glass enclosure that was engineered to be... Read more
Primary Sector / March 21 2009
PWP were targeting the Japanese market with their high end edge glued panel and board product offer. The Japanese market has discrete considerations ranging from how to communicate during meetings,... Read more
SMEs/Startups / February 15 2009
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
Corporate / February 14 2009
Adding a bit of variety to the mix, the VIP lounge fit out for the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series (LVPS) provided the team at Locus with a different avenue for their creative skills. The LVPS, held in... Read more
SMEs/Startups / December 18 2008
Locus Research had provided Littl' Juey an integrated design team since 2005 when he approached the company with a request to develop the Littl' Juey cutting head for production and... Read more
SMEs/Startups / December 18 2006
This started at the beginning; our team assisted with getting start-up funding from the government and set out researching the industry and developing a platform of products to release and get the... Read more
SMEs/Startups / October 1 2006
Locus experimented with the Legacy team to create some innovative new applications for edge glued panels. Initially in DIY applications and then in higher value furniture applications.  We had... Read more
Primary Sector / June 6 2006
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
Government Research / May 6 2006
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
Corporate / May 30 2004
Mark Smith, CEO of Fibre-Gen, gave us a wide brief of  'I'd like you guys to come up with some stuff'. The team developed a wide range of possibilities that might test the boundary between... Read more