Biomimicry

Meet Dutch designer, artist and entrepreneur, Joris Laarman

Design Frontiers > Product Design

“I don’t do things with a goal in my head. I just do them to discover things.” >

1 Aug 18
Underwater couture for an uncertain future by biomimicry designer Jun Kamei

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

The Royal College of Art grad’s 3D-printed garments are for a world submerged in water. >

30 Jul 18
The Urchins is taking the craft of crochet to a new level

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft

Where biomimicry, cultural weaving and lots of polyester strands meet. >

8 Feb 18
New wind turbine mimics the hummingbird

Design News > African Design / Industrial Design

Biomimicry is nature’s way of letting us know that it already has all the answers. >

24 Jan 17
RoboBees and the future of pollination

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Are scientists about to replace bees? >

14 Nov 16
The first bee born in captivity

Design News > Design Thinking

The Synthetic Apiary proposes an alternative living arrangement for bees. >

17 Oct 16
Fred Gelli on designing an Olympic identity that connects anyone and everyone

Talks > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Co-founder of Tátil Design Fred Gelli talks about the award-winning firm’s ten design principles and what inspired the Olympic and Paralympic logo. >

4 Aug 16
The designer works as the creative catalyst, says Fred Gelli

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Focused on sustainable design, Fred Gelli believes we’ll need to redesign the way we live. >

18 Feb 16
This feathered jacket flutters when you face north

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

This augmented feathered jacket by Birce Ozkan is a smart fashion piece that mimics the innate navigational senses of a bird. >

11 Feb 16
Floating greenhouses could help solve global food security problems

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Italian think tank Pnat have designed modular, floating green houses called JellyFish Barges that could help solve food security problems. >

27 Oct 15
Matthew Rosmarin at Design Indabar

Video Interviews > Design Thinking

Talking about biomimicry at COP17, Matthew Rosmarin explains how we can use nature as inspiration for human-scale challenges. >

30 Dec 11
Blog: Day 2 of Toffie Festival

Design News > Information Design / Interaction Design / Architecture & Interiors / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Music & Sound Design

Highlights of day two of Toffie include studioMAS, Jürg Lehni, Javier Lourenco, Tumi Molekane, Richard de Jager and Cobi van Tonder. >

26 Mar 11
Do it yourself with Design Indaba magazine

Do Tank News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Doing it yourself has never been this trendy, and this time it’s supported by the world’s top designers and thought-leaders. >

25 Nov 10
Second nature

Opinion > Design Thinking / Design Thinking

Whatever we need to do to sustain our lives, nature already does, writes Beth Peterson. >

1 Nov 10
Tried and tested

Design News > Interaction Design / Design Thinking

The field of design that emulates nature's tried 'n tested ways is gradually gaining momentum. Learn more about biomimicry at a workshop. >

21 Jul 10

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