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Biomimicry Design Spiral Guide

Biomimicry involves looking to nature for solutions to human problems. Examples are given of how shark skin inspired swimsuits and the kingfisher inspired bullet train designs. The biomimicry design spiral provides steps for solving problems using natural strategies like those found in nature.

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Biomimicry Design Spiral Guide

Biomimicry involves looking to nature for solutions to human problems. Examples are given of how shark skin inspired swimsuits and the kingfisher inspired bullet train designs. The biomimicry design spiral provides steps for solving problems using natural strategies like those found in nature.

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BIOMIMICRY

Biomimicry is when humans look to nature to solve their problems. A


material, design, system or technology is created using ideas already
found in nature.

BIOMIMICRY = MIMICKING BIOLOGY = COPYING NATURE

KINGFISHER / TRAIN SHARKSKIN / SWIMSUIT MOSQUITO / NEEDLE


Scientists in Japan used the shape of the Shark skin is made of dermal denticles, You don’t feel a mosquito bite you because
Kingfishers head on their bullet trains to which are tons of overlapping scales. These of the shape of its proboscis and a numbing
lessen the sound and make the train more allow sharks to swim at higher speeds. liquid it injects. Scientists used this idea to
aerodynamic. Scientists used this to make swimsuits for create the microneedle for painless blood
olympic swimmers that worked so well they draw and injections.
were banned from competition.

D ES IGN S PI R A L DEFINE
What is the problem you want to solve?
The biomicry design spiral is a creative tool that gives
BIOLOGIZE/TRANSLATE
steps to follow when solving a problem using nature.
Biologize the question = ask the question from natures
perspective. How does nature solve this problem?

DISCOVER
B I O L O G I ZE
Find the answer in nature. Is there a plant, animal, or ecosystem
that has already solved this problem? How do they do it?
I NE

DIS

LUATE
EVA
DEF

ABSTRACT
CO V E R

Study further, and find repeating patterns when nature used a


LA T E

certain process to solve the problem. What is the strategy?


U
EM

EMULATE
AB
S TR
AC T
Develop ideas and solutions to your problem based on the
solutions observed in nature.

EVALUATE
Sources: www.biomimicry.org, www.wbdg.org,
How does your idea and solution work? Will it be successful for
art club your problem. Start over if more solutions are needed.
YO U CAN L EA R N FR OM N A T U RE!
You can solve problems and come up with ideas by asking biologized questions.
Nature already has a lot of things figured out for us!

DRAW AN ANIMAL LIST THEIR ABILITIES/CHARACTERISTICS

CREATE YOUR OWN INVENTION

You can solve problems and come up with


ideas by asking biologized questions.
Nature already has a lot of things figured
out for us!

You can solve problems and come up with


ideas by asking biologized questions.
Nature already has a lot of things figured
out for us!

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