iSites: Nature Journaling for Biomimicry

by Erin Rovalo, Dayna Baumeister (Foreword)

Many designers and creative problem solvers are interested in bringing their fascination with nature into their work styles, but aren’t sure how to get started. Nature Journaling for Biomimicry is a hands-on journal with prompts for observing the natural world, asking the right questions, and building your own collection of inspiring biological forms, processes, and systems. In this book, you will use six “biomimicry lenses” to tap into design lessons, inspirations, and ideas waiting to be discovered in your own backyard and beyond, including the naturalist lens, function lens, operating conditions lens, Life’s Principles lens, ecology lens, and pattern lens. Working through the nature journaling activities in this book, you will prepare and incubate new ideas for solving a wide variety of creative challenges using a biomimicry approach where sustainable innovation is inspired by nature. Start building your own collection of biological inspirations—let’s go outside!

102 pages, Paperback

Published February 12, 2019