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Janine M. Benyus

    Janine M. Benyus is de auteur van zes boeken over biomimicry, een innovatieve benadering die inspiratie put uit de natuur. Haar baanbrekende werk stelt dat de mens de genialiteit van de natuur bewust moet navolgen in haar ontwerpen, producten en processen. Met haar geschriften en pleidooi promoot ze de natuurlijke integratie van biomimicry in onze cultuur, en inspireert ze tot duurzame oplossingen voor menselijke systemen. Haar benadering combineert wetenschappelijk begrip met de noodzaak om een levensondersteunende toekomst te ontwerpen.

    Biomimicry Resource Handbook
    Biomimicry
    • 2014

      Biomimicry Resource Handbook

      A Seed Bank of Best Practices - 2014 Edition

      • 313bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      The Biomimicry Resource Handbook: A Seed Bank of Best Practices contains over 250 pages of our most current biomimicry thinking, methodology, and tools for naturalizing biomimicry into the culture. We believe there is no better design partner than nature. But biomimicry is more than just looking at the shape of a flower or dragonfly and becoming newly inspired; it's a methodology that's being used by some of the biggest companies and innovative universities in the world. While reading this text you'll be immersed into the world of Biomimicry the "verb," you'll gain a competitive edge, and a fresh perspective on how the world around us can, does, and should work. After reading the text, you'll be well on your way to thinking in systems, designing in context, identifying patterns, and most importantly seeing the millions of organisms around us....differently.The text is directly applicable to designers, biologists, engineers, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, but has also proven valuable to students, educators, and a wide variety of other disciplines.Visit biomimicry.net to learn more. A digital version is available at shop.biomimicrygroup.com

      Biomimicry Resource Handbook
    • 2002

      Biomimicry

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen
      4,0(2102)Tarief

      Repackaged with a new afterword, this "valuable and entertaining" ( New York Times Book Review ) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas to solve tough 21st century problems. Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years, and adapt them for human use. The results are revolutionizing how materials are invented and how we compute, heal ourselves, repair the environment, and feed the world. Janine Benyus takes readers into the lab and in the field with maverick thinkers as discover miracle drugs by watching what chimps eat when they're sick; learn how to create by watching spiders weave fibers; harness energy by examining how a leaf converts sunlight into fuel in trillionths of a second; and many more examples. Composed of stories of vision and invention, personalities and pipe dreams, Biomimicry is must reading for anyone interested in the shape of our future.

      Biomimicry