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Product design inspired by biology




ASU professors bring together multiple disciplines, life sciences and design, to integrate natureSustainable product design education at ASU into the development of new products.  The principles of bio-mimicry are explored to understand if more sustainable strategies are possible in product design.  …

…   “Class projects, tackled by trans-disciplinary teams of designers and biologists, considered how nature could inspire solutions for problems such as

  • reducing water consumption,
  • mitigating urban heat island effect,
  • regulating household temperature or
  • utilizing solar radiation.”   …

Via Arizona State University: Sustainable product design.

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