Janine Benyus helped bring the word biomimicry into 21st century vocabularies in her 1997 book on the subject. Her company, The Biomimicry Group, encourages biologists at the design table to ask: how ...

For counterculture architect Eugene Tsui, biomimicry in design, considered the vanguard by some and still unknown to many, is old hat. Tsui has been living, eating, wearing and pushing biomimicry, ...

Windows that prevent bird collisions by mimicking the UV-reflective qualities of spider webs; a train that travels faster, uses less energy and makes less noise after it was redesigned to resemble a ...

Biomimicry is one of the hottest trends in design right now, spanning engineering disciplines and inspiring inventions that emulate nature, which has been solving design problems many years before ...

“Learning about the natural world is one thing. Learning from the natural world – that’s the switch. That’s the profound switch.” ~ Janine Benyus Biomimicry has the potential to save the human race ...

How does nature make durable materials like corals without heat or a kiln? How do peacock feathers get their beautiful colors? And how do geckos stick to all kinds of surfaces, allowing them to run up ...

Economists are trying to quantify both the spread of the 15-year-old biomimicry industry and its economic effects, and the results are eye-opening. The most recent update of the Da Vinci index, ...

We live in the Anthropocene, a time that privileges the human experience above all else. The planet is continually harmed and exploited, making people seemingly oblivious to the human interactions ...

Biomimicry comes from two Greek words: Bio meaning life and mimesis meaning imitate. So, biomimicry is the science of watching how things are done in nature and using those properties to solve human ...

Michael Pawlyn believes in biomimicry -- the study of natural structures and processes in order to help solve man-made problems. The architect has founded his own architectural firm based on its ...