Biomimetics for Designers

Name: Biomimetics for Designers
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500296387
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Applying Nature's Processes & Materials in the Real World

By Veronika Kapsali

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Biomimetics for Designers by Veronika Kapsali explores how nature's forms and processes can inspire innovative design solutions. The book provides an insightful look into biomimicry, where designers learn from natural mechanisms to enhance creativity and problem-solving skills in various fields such as architecture, product design, and materials science. It serves as a practical guide for integrating biological principles into modern design practice.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the intersection of nature and design. It offers inspiration and insight into how natural processes and biological mechanisms can influence and enhance design and innovation in the arts and culture sector.

The first book on the rising field of biomimetics targeted directly at design professionals and students, showing concrete examples of nature’s most fascinating processes and their applications in the real world.

Targeted at design professionals and students, this book on the exciting field of biomimetics shows concrete examples of nature's most fascinating processes and their applications in the real world

Description

Biomimetics - imitating life's natural processes - is one of the hottest areas of design research and inspiration. The natural world contains infinite examples of how to achieve complex behaviours and applications by using simple materials in a clever way, as all organisms make use of limited raw materials to survive.

In the popular imagination, the best-known example is the microscopic 'hook' on burrs that led to the development of Velcro, but there are many more applications, from kingfisher beaks inspiring the shape of bullet trains to shark skin being used as a model for advanced swimsuits.

Biomimetics for Designers presents many examples, showing each natural phenomenon alongside its application, with an accessible explanation of the biology and the story of the design. While most are concrete examples that have already been developed, others point the way to what might be possible for an enterprising designer, providing a starting point for creativity.

This timely overview is the perfect introduction for designers of all disciplines, and a reminder that inspiration may be just down the garden path.

With 439 illustrations

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500296387

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 September 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 255.0mm

Weight: 1080g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Veronika Kapsali

About the Author

Veronika Kapsali is a Reader in Material Technology and Design at the London College of Fashion. In November 2014 she won the ITMA Future Materials award for INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR as a result of her work on INOTEK TM, a biomimetic fibre-based textile technology that uses moisture in clothing microclimate to create a mechanical response for advanced moisture management for MMT Textiles Ltd.