Biomimicry Canvas
The biomimicry canvas prompts students to look at how nature has already solved a problem and borrow the principle for their own design.
Also called biomimicry in design or nature-inspired design.
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Nature has probably solved something like this already.
How to use it + an example
How to use it
- 1Phrase the design problem as a function: "how does nature keep cool?"
- 2Find two or three organisms that perform that function and note the strategy each uses.
- 3Translate one strategy into a design principle and sketch how it could work.
Example
A passive-cooling project borrows the termite mound's chimney effect and turns it into a vent layout for a bus shelter.
When to use it: While researching existing solutions or generating ideas, especially in sustainability units (MYP Design Criteria A and B).
Discover: Find out what's really going on.
Your turn ↓
Biomimicry
Learn from nature. Observe, extract the principle, apply it to your design challenge, and evaluate the fit.
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Look back. What did the living thing do that you would never have thought of?
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For teachers: Discover stage · 30-60m. Free, no login. One of the 45 design thinking tools on StudioLoom, which also puts them inside lessons so students’ thinking is saved with their project.