This paper represents a stepping stone towards a complementary approach to research and practice in biologically informed design through the lens of bionics, biomimetics, and biomimicry. Mainly, how can design inform the practical application of biological knowledge?
For the purpose of answering this question, the researcher conducts two experimental case studies through which she observes interdisciplinary interactions between students of design and biology. As a result, the researcher is able to identify three issues: an absence of common ground that unites the fields of bionics, biomimetics, and biomimicry while recognizing their contextual differences, a non-standardized use of the terminology that leads to ambiguity within the field of biologically informed design, an incomplete and disorganized historical and contextual knowledge about the field that inhibits a common starting ground for collaboration, and confuses non-scientists who seek biological understanding that could provide them with an informed voice.
This paper offers a fundamental understanding of the field of biologically informed design from a practical perspective by presenting experiments that illustrate practical applications of methodologies used in the field, and offering a novel role that design can play in advancing future research in the field.
8th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices
For the purpose of answering this question, the researcher conducts two experimental case studies through which she observes interdisciplinary interactions between students of design and biology. As a result, the researcher is able to identify three issues: an absence of common ground that unites the fields of bionics, biomimetics, and biomimicry while recognizing their contextual differences, a non-standardized use of the terminology that leads to ambiguity within the field of biologically informed design, an incomplete and disorganized historical and contextual knowledge about the field that inhibits a common starting ground for collaboration, and confuses non-scientists who seek biological understanding that could provide them with an informed voice.
This paper offers a fundamental understanding of the field of biologically informed design from a practical perspective by presenting experiments that illustrate practical applications of methodologies used in the field, and offering a novel role that design can play in advancing future research in the field.
8th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices
