BioInspired! So What? Now What!

Richard MacCowan has been sending out a number of good articles via his mailing list - an archive is available at https://us9.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=cc14bde74e0547eaac9fb1a1b&id=ee34cdc1d1.  He is also publishes via Medium (https://medium.com/@richard_97451).  I have added both resources to the right sidebar of the BID Community home page.  For the moment, there is some duplication while Richard completes the transition to Medium.

Richard promotes a systems view that takes into account the broader implications of practicing biom* and emphasises practice.

In the Nature Inspired Design project, we learned from ten Dutch companies at the forefront of Biomimicry, cradle to cradle and design for the circular economy – which we shall from now on jointly call “Nature Inspired Design”. How to translate inspiring design principles into tangible results – and not just into a conceptual product with no actual follow-through? Which disciplines do you need and how can they work together? In short: how can you widen the scope without losing the plot?

We researched what works for our pioneering companies, and boiled down their best practices into one comprehensive method with carefully selected tools for designers, available to you in the form of this book.