Ask Nature - the Biomimicry Design Portal

Ask Nature is a free, open source project of the Biomimicry Institute. It is established as an online inspiration source on biomimicry. You can find many cases, quite extensively explained.

Biomimicry in architecture

A TED talk by Michael Pawylyn on biomimicry in architecture: using nature's genius in architecture
Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture Video on TED.com

More examples of biomimetic design

Habitat 2020, China (image via Webecoist)

Webecoist collected 12 more examples of biomimetic design, this time inspired by the leafs of plants. Many of the examples are related to buildings. But once again, although these nice examples are inspired by nature, this does not mean that they are intrinsically sustainable.

Design inspired by nature



Lighter and stronger building materials
inspired by bird skulls (source: Webecoist)


Once again Webecoist presents a collection of 14 nice examples of inventions and design inspired by nature and 13 examples of design inspired by the sea

Biomimetic design

10 nice examples of biomimetic design inspired by insects collected by Webecoist, but biomimetic is not necessarily sustainable.