Biomimetics is a  design approach that studies nature, its models, systems, processes and elements and then takes creative inspiration from them to solve human problems sustainably.  Biomimetics draws from Ludwig Von Bertalanffy's General Systems Theory (1950), which proposed that the role of biology was to discern the order and organization of living systems. “Every organism represents a system, by which term we mean a complex of elements in mutual interaction.” (1)    This ../MORE

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Biomimetics is a  design approach that studies nature, its models, systems, processes and elements and then takes creative inspiration from them to solve human problems sustainably.  Biomimetics draws from Ludwig Von Bertalanffy's General Systems Theory (1950), which proposed that the role of biology was to discern the order and organization of living systems. “Every organism represents a system, by which term we mean a complex of elements in mutual interaction.” (1)    This includes integrated biology, biomaterials, biomechanics, and biological systems composed of individuals of one species (e.g. schools, herds and swarms), or bio-inspired structural assemblies.(1) William Gray and Nicholas D. Rizzo, eds. "Unity through Diversity, a Festschrift for Ludwig von Bertalanffy." Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, New York. 1973 p 10