Jody Turner, ne of FastCompany’s expert bloggers, introduces an article by Jake Cook.Jody Cofounder of Digital Wax Works.
Janine Benyus is often cited as the founder of the biomimicry movement through the publishing of her landmark book, Biomimcry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Ms. Benyus has made a remarkable career by pointing out what’s been under all our noses. However, these ideas have been slow to be adopted into engineering and design curriculums in accredited universities.
Yet all this is changing. As Janine states; “The time is coming when engineering and design students will finally be able to take a class in biology-based design principles. Amazingly enough, for the people who make our world, usually they take no biology.”
Continued at http://www.fastcompany.com/1741949/innovative-nature-baking-biomimicry-in