Print Email Facebook Twitter Biomimicry design education essentials Title Biomimicry design education essentials Author Stevens, L.L. (The Hague University of Applied Sciences) de Vries, M.J. (TU Delft Science Education and Communication) Bos, Mark M.J.W. (The Hague University of Applied Sciences) Kopnina, Helen (The Hague University of Applied Sciences) Date 2019 Abstract The emerging field of biomimicry and learning to design with and for nature has expanded in recent years through a diversity of educational programs. Inspiration following natural forms may give the appearance of being sustainable, but the question remains, how sustainable is it? Misunderstanding the function of these forms may leave designers with products not as sustainable as desired. Biomimicry education addresses these issues by integrating three essential elements into their design thinking phases and by using analogical transfer while doing so. This field learns from nature as model, nature as measure, and nature as mentor, throughout the design process. Through examination, analyses and verification of students designs and reflective processes at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, this research considers natures analogies in educational factors, determining which elements are influential when incorporating biomimicry into design education. Subject Bio-inspired design / biomimeticsDesign educationIndustrial designSustainability To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:37ed29f3-2693-4ccf-b595-77a5d596ac97 DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/dsi.2019.49 ISSN 2220-4334 Source Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED, 2019-August, 459-468 Event 22nd International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2019, 2019-08-05 → 2019-08-08, Delft, Netherlands Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 L.L. Stevens, M.J. de Vries, Mark M.J.W. Bos, Helen Kopnina Files PDF biomimicry_design_educati ... ntials.pdf 658.16 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:37ed29f3-2693-4ccf-b595-77a5d596ac97/datastream/OBJ/view