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Better by Design - An Innovation Guide: Using Natural Design Solutions

by Fran Kurk and Curt McNamara explores the rationale behind looking to nature for designs, the value of design, and how 'design for the environment' can differentiate products while dramatically reducing their impact on the environment.  It looks at how innovation can be applied to the entire...

2006/05/09 - 11:49 articles
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Biomimicry in Industrial Design for Sustainability, An Integrated Teaching-and-Learning Method

2013/08/03 attachment uploaded again - 'magically' disappeared early on August 2nd

As part of his 2009 doctoral thesis at the Graduate School of Design Research, Kobe Design University, Carlos...

2013/08/01 - 18:42 biomimicry, education, evaluation, industrial design, research, sustainability
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Nature's Chemicals: The Natural Products that Shaped Our World

Author: Richard Firn (2010), Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

Also available on...

2011/01/10 - 01:07 books, chemistry
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Life in the Undergrowth

Author: David Attenborough (2005), Princeton University Press, New Jersey, USA

This is the Companion Book to the Animal Planet Program (Spring 2006...

2011/01/10 - 01:43 books, insects, natural history
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What Shape is a Snowflake? Magical Numbers in Nature

Author: Ian Stewart (2001), Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, Lewes, UK

Amazon has a number of...

2011/01/08 - 19:18 books, patterns
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Dirty Tricks - Nature's Code of Deception (Olga Bogatyreva)

Olga posted on...

2025/09/05 - 12:42 BioTRIZ, books
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ISBE Newsletter 2025 Issue 1

2025/05/01 - 15:18 biomimetics, ISBE, newsletters
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BioTRIZ Natural Innovation Series

In July 2024, Olga Bogatyreva published two books as part of the "BioTRIZ Natural Innovation Series" originally started with her late husband, Nikolay Bogatyrev.  The first book is Living Things as...

2024/08/10 - 14:13 BioTRIZ, innovation, nature-inspired
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Biomimicry Innovation Lab: Online Biomimicry Course

The course starts with an overview of biomimicry, its history and why it’s so useful. Then, we’ll delve into the innovation process for applying biomimicry to your problem. This will be followed by examining real-world applications of this fascinating ‘technology’.

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2024/05/01 - 15:01 biomimicry, online course
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Building Biomimicry Bridges - a toolbox for biomimicry practitioners (Stevens, et al.)

“Empowering learners to create a sustainable future,” this is the mission of Centre of Expertise Mission Zero at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS). This book of biomimicry bridges is a toolkit to expand on the existing knowledge on biomimicry as a strategy to...

2024/03/07 - 20:48 biomimicry, systems
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