Biologically informed disciplines: a comparative analysis of bionics, biomimetics, biomimicry, and bio-inspiration among others

Iouguina, Alëna; Dawson, J. W.; Hallgrímsson, Benedikt; Smart, G. A.

doi:10.2495/dne-v9-n3-197-205

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“…While the concepts of learning from nature for human design can be traced back to pre-history, BID has only been gaining distinction as a fi eld of study since the 1950s and 1960s. The historical use of terms has been well-documented in this publication and others [35][36][37], is summarized in the table below. There are, however, a few points of departure not previously described that are worth mentioning.…”

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“…Some key components of the modern BID dialogue that are often overlooked have their origins in the built environment. Buckminster Fuller introduced some of the early thinking in architecture [38], followed by Ian McHarg in landscape architecture [39] and John Todd in the design of living machines [37]. Iouguina, et al highlighted many of the key distinctions amongst terms and the users of terms elsewhere in these proceedings [37].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Buckminster Fuller introduced some of the early thinking in architecture [38], followed by Ian McHarg in landscape architecture [39] and John Todd in the design of living machines [37]. Iouguina, et al highlighted many of the key distinctions amongst terms and the users of terms elsewhere in these proceedings [37]. As a point of clarifi cation from that piece, the term 'biomimicry' fi rst appeared in the literature in 1982 in the context of dentistry [40], but was later popularized in the context of SOIs in 1997 by Janine Benyus.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Biologically-Inspired innovation in large companies: a path for corporate participation in biophysical systems?

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2014

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The use of Biologically-Inspired Design (BID) has become increasingly prominent as an innovation tool for sustainability in large corporations. This research, from the perspective of innovation management and organizational development, explores the use of BID as a tool for corporate sustainability at multiple levels and refl ects on the implications for corporate sustainability agendas. The review of the literature analyses the history of BID in a broad sense, both with and without sustainability objectives, and disambiguates several aspects of the fi eld that have been largely overlooked in the popular media. Many corporate managers are utilizing the methods and tools of BID with little understanding of how they may or may not connect to corporate sustainability objectives of the organization. This research aims to bring this to light and create a much-needed critical dialogue around the use of BID for sustainability-oriented innovation (SOI). A four-tiered model is used to frame the use of BID in this setting and existing case studies are used to test the model. Research outcomes include creating a fr amework for understanding how BID can be used to inform innovative solutions within the product, process, organizational and systems-levels by embedding sustainability criteria at each level using various biological models. The aim of this research is not to simply deconstruct BID, but rather to create a dialogue amongst sustainability practitioners, corporate professionals and academics that increases the robustness of the tool for use in achieving sustainability goals and objectives.

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Section: Disambiguation Of Termsmentioning

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Section: Disambiguation Of Termsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biologically-Inspired innovation in large companies: a path for corporate participation in biophysical systems?

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2014

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“…Bio-inspiration is part of the so-called biologically informed design disciplines, to which biomimetics and bionics also belong [1]. This large umbrella shelters the disciplines that take as reference to nature for the solution of human problems.…”

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Classification, Characterization and Abstraction of Vegetable Surfaces for Design

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Torreblanca-Díaz²,

Valencia-Escobar³

et al. 2019

Int. J. DNE

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Biological design tools such as biomimicry and bio-inspiration are increasingly used resources to solve design and engineering problems, owing to their high probability of finding efficient technical solutions and novel morphologies with the potential to positively impact the environment. This article focuses on the development of a methodology for the morphological characterization of plant surfaces, which can be applied in a conventional design or research project based on biological information. The process proposed here is part of the results of the research project 'Repertory of bio-inspired surfaces and textures, through morphological experiments with Digital Manufacturing Technologies'. For the development of the characterization, the observation and selection of 225 species, which were grouped and categorized based on the predominant geometric characteristics, resulting in six categories: basic geometries, reciprocals, reliefs, ramifications, folds and visual texture. Then, the natural models were evaluated qualitatively and the representative samples of each category to later perform the process of digital abstraction using CAD and parametric tools. In the process of abstraction a description and visual analysis is made from: transition points, contours, symmetries, cross-sections and basic patterns as straight lines, sections of circle, circumferences, ellipses and/or parabolas. It was possible to verify that the three-dimensional interpretation that was made digitally of the textures, preserve the fundamental morphological properties, in addition to, to keep a direct relationship with the category to which they belong, achieving a balance between the faithful copy and the abstract copy; this in order to maintain the formal properties with potential to be applied in future design projects.

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“…Iouguina, et al, 2014). Esa gran sombrilla cobija las disciplinas que toman como referencia a la naturaleza para la solución de problemas humanos.…”

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Proceso Generativo de Texturas Paramétricas Bioinspiradas: Modelo Metodológico de experimentación

Mazo¹,

Díaz²,

Valencia-Escobar³

et al. 2017

Blucher Design Proceedings

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This article presents the development of a bioinspired generative model based on principles of biological growth, which aim is to build of an on line open source textures repertoire that can be used in design and / or architecture projects. The project is developed in three phases: (i) characterization and abstraction of biological referents, (ii) definition of the transformations and (iii) fabrication of the repertory. This text is focused on the second phase, in addition to the assignation of the experiments using the Taguchi method. Finally, all the phases were validated by means of a case study.

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Biologically informed disciplines: a comparative analysis of bionics, biomimetics, biomimicry, and bio-inspiration among others

Cited by 40 publications

References 22 publications

Biologically-Inspired innovation in large companies: a path for corporate participation in biophysical systems?

Biologically-Inspired innovation in large companies: a path for corporate participation in biophysical systems?

Classification, Characterization and Abstraction of Vegetable Surfaces for Design

Proceso Generativo de Texturas Paramétricas Bioinspiradas: Modelo Metodológico de experimentación

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