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Thursday 12nd March 2009 CookSurface Typifies F&P Design Approach fp-thumb

Fisher & Paykel Appliances won a prestigious ‘stringer’at the 2008 BeST Design Awards for its CookSurface gas cooking appliance. Better by Design talked to Mark Elmore, General Manager Design, Fisher & Paykel Appliances about their internal design process.

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Wednesday 11st March 2009 Design metrics: Ten Top Tips

Better by Design’s Design Specialist John Hatrick-Smith recently organised a series of workshops on Design Metrics which were facilitated by Chuck Pelly and Joan Gregor. John compiled some of the top tips for implementing a metrics programme from the workshops.

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Thursday 19th February 2009Compac Secures Multi-Milion Dollar Chile Contract Thursday 11st December 2008Testing Times: Idealog magazineThursday 4th December 2008World’s first database of ‘nature’s designs’ launchesFriday 28th November 2008‘Silent’ roof rack design wins world acclaim
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Robb Donzé: Living proof that sustainable design pays

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Clinging on upside down like geckos, copying nature’s patterns – Interface Inc has broken ground internationally with its biomimicry designs in carpet tiles, and has become widely recognised for proving green initiatives have commercial value.

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Case Studies

Farmers Industries Ltd

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FIL has ambitious targets for growth, aiming to take total sales to $30 million in five years. As New Zealand’s premier manufacturer and supplier of dairy hygiene and animal health products, FIL is aiming to grow international sales from the current position of $1.5 million to one third of that overall total.

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