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Biomimicry & Design Innovation
Biomimicry and design innovation can take multiple forms.
Projects may begin with biological observation, translating natural strategies into abstracted design principles and early concepts. Alternatively, they may start with a clearly defined challenge, using biomimicry scoping to deepen understanding of the problem and its context before entering discovery in the natural world. In this pathway, exploration often begins with over 50-100 organisms, which are systematically filtered to identify those whose strategies offer the greatest relevance for deeper analysis, abstraction, and ideation.
Across both approaches, Life’s Principles guide the process to ensure that outcomes are not only novel and compelling, but also aligned with life-friendly design.
The projects highlighted on this page explore how nature’s strategies can inform new possibilities in design and human experience. Through structured biomimicry methodology, each concept moves from biological understanding to nature-inspired solutions grounded in function, context, and life-friendly innovation.
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The Secret of Longnose Butterflyfish
Using the FBS (Function–Behavior–Structure) framework, this project distills the Longnose Butterflyfish’s biological strategy into clear design principles and early concept directions. The final poster captures the full Biology-to-Design progression, illustrating the organism’s mechanism, the abstracted design principles, and potential applications.
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From Australian Eucalyptus plant to artificial skin
Drawing inspiration from the Australian Eucalyptus, this project explores the plant’s natural cleaning strategies and translates them into design insights for advanced material concepts. Through a Biology-to-Design biomimicry process, it moves from understanding biological function to proposing nature-informed innovations—culminating in early concepts for artificial skin.
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From Shore Navigators to AquaAccessibility for All
A biomimicry-driven exploration to improve adaptive diver access in Bonaire. By translating biological strategies into design opportunities, the project enhances safety, and ease of entry across rough shore terrain. Built using the full Biomimicry Thinking process—from Scoping to Discovery to Creation and Evaluation.
