bio-Logical innovation

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bio-Logical innovation

Strategy of Design Innovation By Incorporating Natural Reference


Nature


“3.8 billion years of R&D” -Janine Benyus


evolved sustainable solutions to many human design Nature has

problems


Biomimicry?


Bios - life Mimesis - imitation


biomimicry is often oversimplified and misrepresented as creation of man-made objects by copying or mimicking nature The term


Biomimicry is better defined as: biology or nature

inspired design


Inspired design that leads to

advancement by way of innovation


This thesis is about inspired innovation


Humans have

successfully learned from nature

on

numerous occasions...

Lotus Effect Velcro

Chain saw Barbed Wire


Three modes of nature inspired design


Every nature inspired design falls into one of three modes:

Science & Engineering 2 - High Design 3 - Mass Market Design 1-


worthwhile technologies

Look

for

opportunities to apply new technology

This process is commonly known as

applied research

Science & Engineering

Study nature to discover and develop


Roots Rules Relevance of applied research

This approach, often taken by

scientists

and

engineers

is the most prevalent.

3R of applied research

Roots

How did it get to be that way?

Rules

How does it work?

Relevance

How can it be relevant or helpful to humanity?

Source: Robert Full


on toe-pads of a gecko’s feet -Robert Full

Example of science & engineering

Adhesive inspired by microscopic hairs


design resources that facilitate applied research technologies find a connection to human need - Relevance

There are


• Inventables • Material Connexion • Biomimicry Guild Database


statement of

nature inspired design or sustainability

High Design

Corporate or personal


This is the approach taken by

high-profile designers and

image-conscious corporations.


High production cost Low production quantity High profile


inspired by bone geometry

- Ross Lovegrove

Example of high design

Go-Chair


Look for solutions found in nature and

to design

problem

apply

Mass Market Design

Pre-defined human need


Mass market design is

most applicable to the field of industrial design.

But, it is

least common.


3R of applied research

3Rs of applied research adapted for industrial design

source: Robert Full

Roots

How did it get to be that way?

Rules

How does it work?

Relevance

How can it be relevant or helpful to humanity?

Adapted for industrial design 3R+A of industrial design What human need should be focused?

Roots

How did it get to be that way?

Rules

How does it work?

Application Transfer

How do you apply what you have learned?

© charles chul kim, bio-Logical innovation 11.26.05

‘3R+A of industrial design’

Relevance


Opportunity identified!


There is a need to provide industrial designers with

guidelines.

strategy of referencing nature in their practice as a viable solution for the

A

industry.


bio-Logical innovation


strategy of design innovation by incorporating natural reference a


Sustainability, economic viability and elegance in design are the aspirations of bio-Logical innovation


Evaluate examples of nature inspired design


divine limit of human achievement

cognizance

self awareness equity

A metric for nature inspired design:

progressive

bio-Logical Strata

sustainability

coexistence

ecology

systems approach environmental approach

generation

social relation

creation process

behavior

manufacturing process

empathy affordance

Examples of nature inspired design and their placement on the Strata

performance advancement

economic viability

function

utility

engineering

marketing materials engineering manufacturability

adaptive

mechanism

construction

structure

physics anthrophometrics texture

material

inspirational

appearance

aesthetics

color

form

result of intuitive sense

serendipitous bio-Logical strata

did not seek reference

result of happenstance

nomenclature

natural reference :

design analogy:

What aspect of mother nature served as reference?

human application transfer:

How did the reference affect design?

How did the analogy manifest through design?


divine limit of human achievement

cognizance

self awareness

cradle to cradle design (W. McDonough)

equity

progressive

coexistence

ecology

systems approach environmental approach

generation

social relation

biodesign process (F. Lodato)

sustainability

creation process

behavior

manufacturing process

empathy affordance performance advancement

Pax streamlining principle (J. Harman)

economic viability

function

gecko adhesive (R. Full)

utility

engineering

marketing materials engineering manufacturability

anatomical studies (L. DaVinci)

adaptive

mechanism

construction

structure

physics anthrophometrics texture

go chair (R. Lovegrove)

material

inspirational

appearance

aesthetics

color

form

result of intuitive sense

serendipitous bio-Logical strata

did not seek reference

result of happenstance

nomenclature

natural reference :

design analogy:

What aspect of mother nature served as reference?

human application transfer:

How did the reference affect design?

How did the analogy manifest through design?


A new approach to natural inspiration


Creativity is about making connections that are previously unrealized


Combining and recombining Forming relationships and

associations


Looking toward nature opens your eyes to those connnections


Making the connection


Process Inspiration

“learning,� dendrites of a neuron cell searches out and establishes seemingly random connections with other neurons.

In a process of


Designing is a cyclical process of Le

n ar

Learning Analyzing Establishing Connections

An a

ly

ze

Estab

lish


There are three distinct and successive cycles

Open yourself to new perspectives

Connection: associate, relate, combine

Produce


Contemporary industrial design phases


Determine/ Establish

Orientate yourself

Initiate Project

Learn

Narrow possible directions

Establish bearing Learn

Take an empathetic approach to learning about human needs.

Learn

Understand and recognize your biased views on the given topic.

Analyze Determine

Determine your general direction and focus for progress.

Industrial Design

Analyze

Establish direction Learn

Narrow possible connections

Establish connection Learn

Search out applicable connections. Discovery, study and analysis with consideration to depth and breath.

Sort and cull human need and demand to be satisfied. Take economic viability and competitive advantage into consideration.

Make a determination on the direction to pursue connections.

Narrow possible designs

Establish design

Gain indepth working knowledge of reference. Search out other related connections.

Sort and cull knowledge gained. Take technical viability and competitive advantage into consideration.

Make a determination on connection(s) to use as reference.

Learn

Production strategy

Production development Learn

Search out applicable processes and methods of production.

Develop a logic and understanding of how to apply reference to design. Take technology and manufacturability into consideration.

Make a determination on rationale and materialize design.

Marketing strategy

Product Delivery

Search out applicable marketing methods.

Sort and cull for viable production processes.

Recommend marketing strategies that may be utilized.

Make a determination on a strategy for production. Take into consideration manufacturability and economic viability.

Finalized product


bio-Logical innovation defines a natural reference counterpart


Search out and learn using following techniques: Novel combinations: Combine and recombine ideas from biology, science, engineering, philosophy, etc. Relationships: Observe in nature - ordinary phonomina, behaviors, shape and function. Try to form relationships to project. Opposites: Look at nature for complementary ideas and and shapes to apply to project. Metaphore: Look for metaphorical associations between nature and your project.

Learn Determine current evolutionary develpment.

Select-out natural phenomena that cannot be transfered to human application with current technologies.

Analyze Determine function or process to initiate research.

Orientate yourself

Establish Learn bearing

Narrow possible directions

Establish Learn direction

Determine Learn

Analyze

Search out and learn environmental process from nature.

Selection and development of application transfer

Review available processes for environmental impact efficient use of resources sustainability

Select the natural form, material, process, function to reference or adapt.

Determine Initiate Project

Research natural phenomena to gain working knowledge. Learn its roots,rules.

Narrow possible connections

Establish Learn connection

Narrow possible designs

Select a process strategy : with the least environmental impact with the most efficient use of resources that are most sustainable

Establish design

Learn

Production strategy

Production Learn development

Marketing strategy

Product Delivery

Natural Reference


Incorporation of natural reference with industrial design reveals the bio-Logical innovation process


bio-Logical innovation Process Learn

Industrial Design

Analyze

Determine

Initiate Project

Orientate yourself

Establish Learn bearing

Narrow possible directions

Establish Learn direction

Narrow possible connections

Establish Learn connection

Narrow possible designs

Establish design

Learn

Production strategy

Determine Learn

Production Learn development

Marketing strategy

Product Delivery

Natural Reference

Analyze

Open yourself to new perspectives Connection: associate, relate, combine Produce


Making the connection - a case study


Designing the next innovation in our modern stapler


Evolutionary tree of the modern stapler

What is the current evolutionary state of the stapler?


What is the demand or “human need� satisfied by a stapler?


“puncture” “store and release one after another” “stack multiples”

Statement of function or process

“bind 2-20 sheets of paper together”


puncturing in nature piercing in nature stacking in nature

Natural analogies

binding in nature


smart staple/data storage recyclable staples electronic staple

Affinity diagram ideation

easier removal


New demand/need to be satisfied

“organize, group and manage physical (paper) documents�


the receiving body

Metaphorical relationship to nature

stinging and penetrating biological appendages leave something physical imbedded in Many


Connection made!


Natural reference

Nematocysts (stinging cells) & Insect stingers


RFID tagging technology

Technical reference

Passive


Smart Stapler bio-Logical innovation

Networked Computer

Printer

Networked Digital File Database

Link Physical & Digital

Final design

Printed Documents

Smart Stapler System Smart Stapler

Physical File Storage

Connection & Power Via USB

Smart Staple Stapled Documents

Dock & RFID Reader/ Transmitter

Smart Stapler (manual operation) Rubberized Pads

Dock & RIFD Reader / Computer interface L.E.D. Status indicators To USB bus-power and data transfer Antenna for RFID


Smart Stapler / Staple system enables user to tag paper documents and link it to a digital database.

paper

The dock and receiver near the file Stapler System enables placed user to cabinet will catalogue all paper documents documents and itwithin to aadatabase of five feet radius.

digital

link

tag

versions.

The dock and receiver placed near the file cabinet will catalogue all paper documents within a five feet radius.

Tagged Document

Desktop scenario

Smart

Tagged Document (Digital Version)


application of bio-Logical innovation process, happenstance natural inspiration becomes strategic and systematic.

Through the


bio-Logical innovation is a

strategy of innovation.


... Copyright 2005 : Charles Chul kim


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