バイオミミクリー：自然に触発されたイノベーション

The case studies alone—from spider silk to abalone shells—are worth the price, but it’s the way the book reframes design problems that really sticks with you. I picked it up for a work project and ended up highlighting half the chapters. It makes you see every park or building in a totally new light

I’ve been rereading chapters on how termite mounds inspire passive cooling in buildings; the way Benyus frames evolution’s 3.8 billion years of R&D really changes how you look at any design problem. It’s dense in places, but every page makes you want to go outside and study something for an hour. De

The case studies on how engineers and architects borrowed from termite mounds and kingfisher beaks are fascinating—I’ve already dog-eared half the pages. It’s dense reading at times, but the way it frames evolution’s 3.8 billion years of R&D makes you see every leaf and shell differently.