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Biomimicry Design Thinking Education: A Base-Line Exercise in Preconceptions of Biological Analogies
Peer reviewed
Direct linkStevens, Laura; Kopnina, Helen; Mulder, Karel; De Vries, Marc – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2021
Preliminary empirical research conducted by the leading author has shown that design students using biological analogies, or models across different contexts, often misinterpreted these, intentionally or unintentionally, during design. By copying shape or form without integrating the main function of the mimicked biological model, students failed…
Descriptors: Industrial Arts, Design, Sustainability, Engineering Education
