Bioinspiration Bioinspiration is observing a particular function performed with precision by a biologic system, and then attempting to create a synthetic system that performs the same function for technological applications. With inspiration from biology, the specific task can be achieved by a living system, for example, inspire scientists to develop a synthetic system that performs [...]

Biomimetic materials design is a term used to describe a method in a design mimicking nature through a multidisciplinary approach, involving either the conception and realization of new materials using biological tissues. This approach resulting in a lower resource depletion for the Earth with high environmental friendliness and life cycle.

Biomimicry comes from the word bios, meaning of life and mimesis, meaning to imitate. Biomimicry imitated biological design’s processes and laws to solve human problems and emulating nature strategy and patterns to design products. Read more..

Downgauging Downgauging is a term used to describe processes or use new methods to reduce totality of material in a package, such as lighter materials or decrease wall thickness. Packaging form, for example, how bees produce honey in cubes forms in such as way ass the structure of the walls makes each wall stronger yet [...]

Geocomplexity is a term used to describe a category of global issues in which social, political, military, and economic activities interact as a complex system and in which the dynamic nature of the issues make top-down, command-and-control, and reductionist management methods ineffective. Read more.

Smart Materials Smart materials describe a general term that refers to those special materials which are characterized by their intelligence as they can recognize appropriately to stimuli from the internal and external environment. The concept of smart materials comes from bio-mimicking (see also biomimicry). It is to develop some equal live materials with diverse functions [...]

Structural colours is term used to describe objects that does not have any pigment yet get their colours from light that is being reflects in microstructures and by this manipulating our brains way to see colours (like in a rainbow). In nature, tremendous numbers of orders and patterns are generated spontaneously, which enliven our surroundings. Read More..

Suzanne Lee is a fashion designer, author and one of the main people behind a research project named BioCouture. BioCouture is a project outcome of her book Fashioning The Future, Tomorrow’s wardrobe (Thames & Hudson). It examines the work of those scientific researchers and fashion designers, read more..