Just finished reading Janine Benyus' book Biomimicry. Its a great book filled with all sorts of things I don't understand (something about tubulin dimers in the brain had me a bit lost). Nevertheless, it was an amazing read and was full of really great inspiration to look at nature as a model. Its wonderful to think about all of the places where this can be applied for greater efficiency and innovation - I know my focus is design, but I've also been thinking about how social networks can be based more on a natural principles, dealing more with locality and balance. I'm not going to give too much away, because I want you to read this one. I'll give you her tips on how to be a good biomimic. There are four stages. 1. Quietening 2. Listening 3. Echoing 4. Stewarding. I think I might still be at the Quietening stage, but I'm certainly working on it. You can watch Janine Benyus' TED talk here as well...
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment