Biomimicry and Design

Catalog description

Prepares participants to facilitate the design of sustainable innovations using the biomimicry philosophy and methodology. Participants engage in a series of lectures and assignments to demystify the design thinking process, understand how to harness the potential of approaching challenges with a design mind, distill a design challenge, understand user needs, build a bridge between biology and design, use a methodology for discovering models from nature, abstract design principles from biological strategies, and translate those principles into sustainable innovations. Participants with or without a design background equally experience a deep immersion into the world of biomimetic design.