The Magic Garden – Mamou-Mani ltd.
The Magic Garden is an installation by Mamou-Mani and is part of the Regent Street Window Project 2013 organized by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Vertebrae Staircase – Andrew Lee McConnell
The Vertebrae Staircase was inspired by the spine of a whale and its design goes beyond being categorized as biomorphic where form is merely geometrically copied. The project explores the shaping and forming of a single vertebrae whose form was heavily influenced by structural …
Biomimicry Shoe by Marieka Ratsma Kostika Spaho
Dutch designer Marieka Ratsma and Architect Kostika Spaho have teamed up together to create this interesting experiment in biomimicry and fashion.
Archimorph Online Portal
Archimorph is an amazing website related to everything we are interested about. You can lost in the extensive archive they’ve collected. Definitely check them out, some stuff gets a little theoretical but always relevant.
Meta Series by Simbiotek Design Lab
Simbiotek Design Lab (SDL) is a collaborative between two designers based out of San Diego, CA whose focus is the creation of biomimetic products that edify their clientele on the importance of biodiversity in the natural world. While both are trained as architects their …
D-Shape: Freeform Architectural 3D Printing
Computation has enabled designers to manifest virtually any structure from the impossibly intricate to the most complexly curved surfaces we can conceive. Of course our Achilles heel is manufacturing these forms. Up to this point architects have had to achieve this by subtractive means (e.g. CNC …
Non Linear Systems at UPenn
Non-Linear Systems is a great resources for all design that is not linear aka emergent or generative. Roland Snooks and Jenny Sabin are highly involved in this research institute at UPenn run by Cecil Balmond.
Skylar Tibbits – TED Talk on Robotic Construction
[ted id=1215] Skylar Tibbits talks at TED about the future of self replicating and naturally inspired robotic construction. Interesting insight into a rapidly developing field. Make sure to check out his work, great stuff. Below we’ve embedded some videos from his vimeo …
Philips Glowing Bacteria Bio Light – The Light Source of the Future
Dutch electronics powerhouse Philips released last December details about their innovative research in renewable and naturally inspired lighting. BioLight is a look into utilizing glowing bacteria to eventually light our homes without the use of electricity. The same way certain …