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The Biomimicry Institute recently teamed up with Autodesk to launch AskNature.org, an incredible source of information for the growing community of professionals researching and applying the principles of biomimicry. The solutions that animals and nature have come up with have been tried and tested for millions of years (certainly longer than humans have been designing), so why reinvent the wheel? Why not learn from nature to make our designs more efficient, elegant, and sustainable?asknature.org, biomimicry, biomimicry techniques, sustainable design, organic design, green design, sustainable architecture, green building techniquesRemember Velcro? George de Mestral, a swiss engineer, created Velcro after going on a hike with his dog in the Alps and coming home covered in burs. He fashioned velcro after how the burs had hooks on them and could catch on anything with a loop. You may have also used an idea from nature to help you solve a design problem. Many designers and architects are now using these design principle in order to create elegant solutions to every day pressing problems - like how can we more easily filter salt from water, or how animals naturally medicate themselv

The Biomimicry Institute recently teamed up with Autodesk to launch AskNature.org, an incredible source of information for the growing community of professionals researching and applying the principles of biomimicry. The solutions that animals and nature have come up with have been tried and tested for millions of years (certainly longer than humans have been designing), so why reinvent the wheel? Why not learn from nature to make our designs more efficient, elegant, and sustainable?asknature.org, biomimicry, biomimicry techniques, sustainable design, organic design, green design, sustainable architecture, green building techniquesRemember Velcro? George de Mestral, a swiss engineer, created Velcro after going on a hike with his dog in the Alps and coming home covered in burs. He fashioned velcro after how the burs had hooks on them and could catch on anything with a loop. You may have also used an idea from nature to help you solve a design problem. Many designers and architects are now using these design principle in order to create elegant solutions to every day pressing problems - like how can we more easily filter salt from water, or how animals naturally medicate themselv

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