Overview
- Highlights recent advances in nature-inspired projects and technologies
- Features case studies from around the world highlighting new applications of nature for inspiration for applied sciences
- Show the potential and current perspectives of biologically-driven design towards sustainable development
Part of the book series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes (EFEPP)
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Keywords
- Biomimicry
- Nature-inspired design
- Architecture
- Biologically-driven design
- Nature-driven innovations
- Parametric design
About this book
Nature is a vast source of inspiration and information for the resolution of complex problems and can influence many varieties of design. Biomimetics, biodesign and bionics are three branches of interdisciplinary research merging biological and applied sciences. This volume collects cases that highlight recent breakthroughs in these disciplines. Biological features such as patterns, shapes, mechanisms, colors, structures, and more can be analyzed, organized, and modeled for application in human creations. Therefore, design, engineering, and architecture projects can benefit from solutions that were already tested and verified through evolution in the natural world. With the development of new technologies for the investigation, simulation, and testing of natural features, the path from nature to product can be accelerated. The cases presented in this work showcase how technological advancements are leading to improved design solutions and influencing our very comprehension of natureand its complex organization.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Felipe Luis Palombini is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Industrial Design (DDI) and Professor of the Graduate Program of Architecture, Urbanism, Landscaping (PPGAUP) at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) in Santa Maria (Brazil). Felipe Palombini received his M.Sc. and his Ph.D. in Design and was a Post-Doctoral Researcher fellow in the Graduate Programs of Botany (PPGBot) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in Porto Alegre (Brazil). His main research topics are focused on Bionics, Sustainability, Design, Cellular Materials, and Materials Characterization via Finite Element Analysis and X-ray Microtomography. He is the Lab head of the Innovation and Sustainability in Design Lab (NOVA/UFSM), and is associated with the Design and Computer Simulation Research Group (DSC/UFRGS), and the Plant Anatomy Laboratory (LAVeg/UFRGS).
Dr. Amilton J. V. Arruda. Graduate in Product Design Industrial Design from UFPE (1982), Master in Design and Bionics from the IED of Milan (1992), Doctorate in Research in Industrial Design - Ph.D. by Polytechnic University of Milan (2002) and post-doctorate in Design and Bionics from IADE European University UNIDCOM Lisbon (2018/2019) and Luigi Vanvitelli Naples (2021/2022). Since 1985 professor of the Design Course from UFPE. He is currently an Associate Professor IV. Coordinates the Biodesign and Artifacts Industrial Research Group.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomimetics, Biodesign and Bionics
Book Subtitle: Technological Advances Toward Sustainable Development
Editors: Amilton José Vieira Arruda, Felipe Luis Palombini
Series Title: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-51310-7Due: 07 June 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-51313-8Due: 07 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-51311-4Due: 07 June 2024
Series ISSN: 2345-7651
Series E-ISSN: 2345-766X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 284
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 156 illustrations in colour