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Life Cycle Thinking The Locus Research blog about sustainability, applied research, design and education.
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/ November 16 2011
The Book: Steve Jobs – By Walter Isaacson. Isaacson is an acclaimed biographer (Einstein, Franklin etc) and was able to get unfettered access to Jobs and close associates without editorial... Read more
/ September 9 2011
The Church’s offspring inspired by hosting the past annual Semi-Permanent line-ups, had more multi-disciplinary examples than ever before with speakers from around the globe highlighting all the new... Read more
/ July 3 2011
While in NYC I went to check out the Patagonia store (we don’t have any in NZ (although you can purchase Patagonia product from Bivouac). Read more
/ July 2 2011
History has it that the Dutch East Indian Trading Company pulled into the New York area to trade with local Indians around in 1609 following Henry Hudson's search for a Northwest Passage. From the... Read more
/ July 1 2011
After three great flights I arrived into sunny New York City for my first visit. Thaegenda for Day 1: Mid & Upper Manhattan > the galleries and museums including The ... Read more
/ July 21 2010
The following Post is in Response to the Article on Fixing Wool in New Zealand which can be found on the Prodesign website.We were interested to read the article in the current issue of Prodesign... Read more
/ July 2 2010
Stand up and be counted
Tribes - Seth Godin
Tribes is an excellent book about leadership, about creating movements, and marketing based on positive word of mouth. "Leadership is scarce... Read more
/ July 1 2010
Doing it big and doing it your way
The Google Story - David A. Vise and Mark Malseed
This book, The Google Story, provides a remarkable insight into one of the most influential group of... Read more
/ March 14 2009
Professor Paul Callaghan's interview with Kim Hill on national radio was an interesting article about Innovation in New Zealand. Wool to Weta. The article centres on a new book that Callaghan has... Read more
/ September 9 2008
If I needed to summarise my comments with one sentence I’d say “Cradle to Cradle is great but not a panacea”.
The below is a limited analysis of “why”, only for those... Read more