This page offers tools, methods and processes that support the practice of biomimetic design.
These items can support anybody from freshman students to seasoned designers.
| nr. | name | purpose | notes | source |
| 1 | AskNature.orgby Biomimicry 3.8 | Database of natural strategies and knowledge about nature for designers | Very inspirational! Allows designers to develop themselves | http://www.asknature.org/ |
| 2 | BioDesign Cubeby Tom McKeag, | Helps to frame design problems, create design brief, boundary definition and problem statement | Understandable organizational tool to start a design project. First read Tom McKeag’s explanations for full benefit | Zygote Quarterly 06, Summer 2013, page 102.Framing Our Design Challenges: Introducing the Bio Design Cube, June 17, 2009 |
| 3 | Biomimicry DesignLensby Biomimicry 3.8 | Helps to deeply observe the way life works, and provides a framework for using nature’s genius to inform human design | Somewhat complex, but far-reaching and integrative tool for designers | DesignLens on B3.8 web page |
| 4 | Encyclopedia of Life eolby EOL | Information about all life on Earth in text, images, video, sounds, maps, classifications and more | Extensive online database | Encyclopedia of Life at http://eol.org/ |
| 5 | Genius of Biomeby HOK & B3.8 | Design and “Build as Nature Does Using Genius of Biome Report“ | Highly visual report filled with insightful design strategies and sketches, application ideas and supporting research from one of the leading biomimicry-practicing firms | GoBiome on Issuu.com |
| 6 | WildLife Finderby WWF (World Wildlife Fund) | Lists species and their habitats around the world. Official source of ‘EcoRegions’ | Suitable to know which specific species live in a place or to find out in which places a species lives and what threatens it. Also to locate different EcoRegions around the world. | WWF on http://worldwildlife.org/ |
| 7 | DANE Design by Analogy to Nature Engineby Ashok Goel, Georgia Tech |
Software for work on Cognitive Research | DANE 2.0 has four primary functions: Facilitate Biologically Inspired Design Activity Cognitive Research Platform Augmented Intelligence Platform Structured Representation Development |
DI Lab’s web page at Georgia Tech |
| 8 | BIDLAB Engineby Biomimetics for Innovation and Design Laboratory (BIDLAB), MIE Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto | Biomimetic search engine to allow engineers to apply biomimicry to innovative design. Identifying and using the most relevant biological phenomena for any given design problem | For username/ password, please contact them at bidlab@mie.utoronto.ca, or find contacts here | The engine is at http: |