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/ February 24 2011
“Color plays a vitally important role in the world in which we live. Colour can sway thinking, change actions, and cause reactions. It can irritate or soothe your eyes, raise your blood... Read more
/ August 21 2009
Locus Research interaction designer Vicky Teinaki will be at the UX conference UX Australia. She'l be reporting back on her experiences.
User Experience professionals from California to... Read more
/ February 27 2009
Just as our time in Italy was drawing to a close we were provided a unique opportunity to meet with Luciano Barbera, the creator of the Barbera Mill and Luciano Barbera brand and founder of... Read more
/ February 24 2009
Blog Part 7
Reda is a 4th generation contract manufacturing mill based in Valle Mosso (about a half hour from Biella) with strong ties to the New Zealand and Australian Merino Industries. To... Read more
/ February 20 2009
Blog Part 6
After a session with Mr. Leo Rogna earlier this week, we visited Inco an Ermenegildo Zegna suit (CMT) manufacturing facility in Novara. Here we were shown how this premier high end... Read more
/ February 19 2009
Blog Part 3
The second day of our trip started with a site visit to the impressive Loro Piana Woollen Spinning Mill in Roccapietra (the first of two visits to Loro Piana’s set up in... Read more
/ February 18 2009
Blog Part 5
Wednesday, day three, and today we visited Lanificio Cerruti the high-end luxury Milan-based brand of clothing by Nino Cerruti (who trained Giorgio Armani). Read more
/ February 17 2009
Blog Part 4
This afternoon we meet with Mr. Leo Rogna, the product manager at Ermenegildo Zegna to talk a bit about Italian design, the fashion industry, and to discuss opportunities for our... Read more
/ February 16 2009
Blog Part 2
n our first day in Biella we visited Pettinatura Italiano; the largest commissioned scouring/combing mill in Europe. This place, like many we were to see in Italy, is steeped in... Read more
/ February 15 2009
Designer Blythe Rees-Jones of Locus Research Ltd is in Italy as a recipient of the 2009 Biella Merino Ambassador scholarship. This is the first of a series of posts about his experiences on... Read more