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Biomimicry for designers : applying nature's processes and materials in the real world /

By: Kapsali, Veronika [author.].
Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2016Description: 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm.Content type: text | still image | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780500518489; 9780500518489:; 0500518483.Other title: Applying nature's processes and materials in the real world.Subject(s): Industrial design | Biomimetics | Biomimicry | Design and technologyDDC classification: 745.2
Contents:
Intoduction -- A brief history of biomimetics -- Biomimetics in myth and reality -- Biomimetic design -- The future -- Shape -- Surface -- Structure -- Making -- Towards 4D design -- Conclusion.
Summary: The importance of biomimetics - imitating life's natural processes - has been known for years and designers have often looked to nature for formal solutions. 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. This book presents many examples, showing each natural phenomenon alongside its application, with an accessible explanation of the biology and the story of the design.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 745.2 KAP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0065648
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Includes bibliographical references (page 234) and index.

Intoduction -- A brief history of biomimetics -- Biomimetics in myth and reality -- Biomimetic design -- The future -- Shape -- Surface -- Structure -- Making -- Towards 4D design -- Conclusion.

The importance of biomimetics - imitating life's natural processes - has been known for years and designers have often looked to nature for formal solutions. 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. This book presents many examples, showing each natural phenomenon alongside its application, with an accessible explanation of the biology and the story of the design.

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