I’ve long been a fan of the idea of turning to nature for design advice. Now I know there’s a name for it: Biomimicry!

via inhabitat:

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?

In this exciting TED Talks video, Janine Beyrus talks about nature’s designs: