Arizona St - Learning from Nature - Open 2011

Design

“…participate in the making of a new culture, from spoon to city”

Human-Centered Design

Make Magazine

Charles Eames

Chris Jordan

Chris Jordan

“These images depict the actual stomach contents of baby birds in one of the world's most remote marine sanctuaries, more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent.”

Chris Jordan Seattle, October 2009

Chris Jordan

Ryan Holliday

Human-Centered Design

Life- Centered Design

Biomimicry

InnovationSpace @ ASU

Design

Business

Engineering

for society and the environment Good

Desirable to the corporation

Possible through engineering

Valuable to people

Research & Analysis

Brainstorming & Ideation

Concept Development

Sustainable Design through Biomimicry

Janine Benyus

Biologists at the Design Table

Biomimicry Institute

List Functions

Learn from Nature (Design, Business, Engineering)

Mimic Nature

Apply Life’s Principles

DECENTRALIZEDAND DISTRIBUTED

LIFE ADAPTS AND EVOLVES

LOCALLY ATTUNED AND RESPONSIVE

INTEGRATES CYCLIC

PROCESSES

LEVERAGES INTER-

DEPENDENCE

RESILIENTBENIGN

MANUFACTURING

OPTIMIZES RATHER THAN

MAXIMIZES

MULTI- FUNCTIONAL

DESIGN

FITS FORM TO FUNCTION

RECYCLES ALL MATERIALS

FOSTERSCOOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS

SELF-ORGANIZING

LIFE- FRIENDLY MATERIALS

WATER-BASEDCHEMISTRY

SELF-ASSEMBLYREDUNDANT

DIVERSE

FEEDBACK LOOPS

CROSS-POLLINATION

AND MUTATION

RESOURCEFUL AND

OPPORTUNISTIC

LIFE CREATES CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE

TO LIFE

CELLULAR AND

NESTED

LEARNS AND

IMITATES

SIGNAL,ANTENNA, RESPONSE

SHAPE RATHER THAN

MATERIAL

FREE ENERGY

SIMPLE COMMON

BUILDING BLOCKS

LIFE’S PRINCIPLESOPERATING CONDITIONS:EARTH IS SUBJECT TO LIMITS AND BOUNDARIESEARTH IS IN A STATE OF DYNAMIC NON-EQUILIBRIUMEARTH IS WATER-BASED

Dan Wandrey, Adrian Smith, Heidi Fischer

Life’s Principles

Function Reframe as Question

Model Organism from AskNature, AskAdrian, etc.

Life’s Principle Potential Solution

Industrial Design Be easy to clean harmlessly (without toxic chemicals)

How do organisms keep their external surfaces (skins, leaves, petals, etc.) free of dirt?

A lotus leaf has the right surface characteristics, and uses water to clean itself

Product surfaces that clean off with water (and do not accumulate minerals)

Life creates conditions conducive to life/Benign manufacturing/Water-based chemistry

Products that can be washed with water-based, biodegradable solutions

Function Reframe as Question

Model Organism from AskNature, AskAdrian, etc.

Life’s Principle Potential Solution

Business Minimize inventory and reduce waste for an efficient supply chain

How do organisms manage their resources, raw materials and waste?

Rattlesnakes produce just enough venom to strike, thereby saving energy

Just-in-time manufacturing and inventory control

Life creates conditions conducive to life/Leverages interdependance/Fosters cooperation

Create a symbiotic relationship with other industries

Waste = Food

Waste = Raw Material

Design Biology >>

A Sustainable Future