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CCT333 Week 10 Biomimicry: Janine Benyus and the Biomimicry Institute and Guild
 * Read the article 'Using Nature as a Design Guide' at [] about Janine Benyus, creator of the burgeoning "biomimicry" movement.**

Janine Benyus heads both the research nonprofit Biomimicry Institute and the for-profit innovation consultancy, the Biomimicry Guild, and her mission is to show engineers and designers how to translate those ideas into a corporate, commercial context. She is the author of 'Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature', published in 1997, which discusses how to re-design our interaction with nature by showing deep respect for the natural world as a mentor for our design strategies.


 * Look over examples of her biomimetic principles applied to products in the slideshow located at [] and write a short, one paragraph synopsis for each of your three favourite product designs.**

More Information: Janine Benyus' TED Talk 12 Sustainable Design Ideas from Nature []

Scaling Structure AskNature.org Nature grows and rids waste through efficient procedures 12 big ideas from biology 1. Self-assembly-ex.nano technology, crystalization, lenses from sea water 2. CO2 as a Feedstock 3. Solar Transofrmation- People are mimicing the purple harvasting, In a fuel cell, 4. The Power of Shape 5. Color without Pigments-different angles bounce off different colors 6. Shape- Clean without Detergents 7. Quenching Thirst(green chemistry) 8. Metals without Mining(timed degradation) 9. Resilience and Healing(BIosignal 10.Sensing and Responding(U newcastle) 11. Growing Fetility-we should be growing fertility and grow the capaity of our planet so that life can go on for millions of generations. Our farming has done the opposite. 12.life creates conditions conductive The big thing is that organisms have figured out how to do complicated things ,but are able to take care of the place they live. What is scaling? Calcium carbonate
 * 12 Sustainable Design Ideas:**

Balance Proportion/Scale Rhythm Emphasis Unity


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