What Can Today's Designers Learn From Nature?
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Friday, May 20, 2016
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Janine Benyus at TEDGlobal in 2009.
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Part 5 of the TED Radio Hour episode The Power Of Design
About Janine Benyus' TED Talk
Science writer Janine Benyus believes more innovators should look to nature when solving a design problem. She says the natural world is full of inspired ideas for making things waterproof, solar-powered and more.
About Janine Benyus
Science author Janine Benyus has become one of the most important voices in a new wave of designers and engineers inspired by nature--a practice called biomimicry. Her most recent project, AskNature, is a website that helps designers discover solutions from nature's database.
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