Design inspired by nature, bionic design, biomimetism, biomimicry, or biologically inspired
design, despite having been a source of inspiration for design activities for a long time, have …

Design inspired by nature is getting to the forefront of the search for environmental
sustainability. A number of design methods, intended especially to guide students and …

Design methodologies are essential tools in the design process which provide pathways,
goals and technical guidelines for the development of products. These are also critical to …

Various approaches that are based on the consideration of systematic procedures for the
creation of new concepts inspired by nature, following both an information flow that is …

Atendendo à realidade e às preocupações sociais, económicas e ambientais decorrentes
nos dias de hoje, cabe aos designers adoptar práticas projectuais que atendam aos …

The design process involves multiple stages to provide the solution for an actual or
perceived need. The process needs different information at different stages to generate the …

Various systematic approaches to generation of bionic design concepts, following an
analytical direction that involves seeking inspiration in nature to solve a given problem, have …

Nature has always been a source of inspiration for humankind. Since early years people
used to observe and study nature in order to find answers and solutions to several of their …

This paper demonstrates a validation process with tangled steps, encompassing verification
actions of the achievement of five goals for design based on analogies with biological …

Essential tools in any design process, providing guidelines, goals and technical guidelines
for the successful development of products, design methodologies must take an important …