New Zealand Government
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
Textiles New Zealand
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
Curve International
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
Legacy Timbers
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
Panpac & Tenon
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
SCION
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
Ministry for the Environment
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
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
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
Carter Holt Harvey
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
Locus Research
The research was divided into six key areas of investigation: Read more
