Resources:
Janine Benyus TED conference video presentations on Biomimicry, a provocative resource for understanding ways that nature is inspiring design innovations.
http://www.ted.com/speakers/janine_benyus.html
Thomas Heatherwick illustrates five of his projects featuring bio-inspired designs.
http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_heatherwick.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2011-05-17
Also by Janine Benyus, a talk on Entrepreneurship and Biomimicry during the Stockholm Dialogue at the 2011 Nobel Laureate Symposium on global sustainability:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FCxKZk41TM
Biophilic Design: For The First Optimum Performance Home™
UltimateHomeDesign.pdf
Ross Lovegrove shares organic designs
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ross_lovegrove_shares_organic_designs.html
Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park from Cook+Fox Architects
Notable Books:
"Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life" by Stephen R. Kellert, Judith Heerwagen and Martin Mador, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2008
"Building for Life" by Stephen R. Kellert, Island Press, 2005
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