biomimicry

by: John Caddell

… in which we winnow down Harvard Business Review’s yearly list of 20 breakthrough ideas to a manageable 5.

1. The Business of Biomimicry, by Janine M. Benyus and Gunter A.M. Pauli. Many of the most important new innovations we’ll see in 2009 and beyond will involve borrowing and inspiration from nature’s processes.

by: Joel Makower

A valuable new tool has hit the Web, and it promises to make a wealth of Mother Nature's wisdom available to architects, designers, engineers, and others involved in the creation of products, services, and packaging.

by: Joel Makower

by: Design Translator

It always nice as a designer working in industry to catch up with designers in academia. I always come away with an “academic shower” feeling refresh and inspired. Especially when it comes to innovations like dirt repelling paint and ergonomic chairs and my favorite natural patterns.

by: Design Translator

It is really Biomimicry at its best!