Hi Stephanie,
You might find it useful to look in the Systems Science and Cybernetics
literatures from 1950s to date, including non-linear control theory and
complexity theory.. Much of the best of this literature is found in
conference proceedings.
There are fairly extensive approaches already well developed in this area.
The first step was to develop modelling approaches and theories for
biological systems themselves! The ways of thinking that apply to simpler
design situations do not work at the level of complexity of biological
systems. In other words, such design methods are not generally useful to
gain benefits of biomimicry except in relatively trivial emulations
(regardless of whether it is in the realm of material or non-material design
outcomes).
The essence of these models was they included the modelling of multiple
feedback loops with delays to predict the dynamic behaviour of outcomes.
The same models apply to designing artifacts and other design outputs
whose outcome behaviours are dynamic in similar ways to biological systems.
An intermediate method, that is helpful for the simplest biomimicry-based
design is the use of non-dimensional analysis strategies - though these
require a bit of fudging into the information realm for use in relation to
non-tangible design outputs.
Best wishes,
Terry
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PhD, B.A. (Hons) Eng, P.G.C.E
School of Design and Art, Curtin University, Western Australia
Social Program Evaluation Research Unit, Psychology and Social Science,
Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
Honorary Fellow, IEED, Management School, Lancaster University, UK
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Sent: Tuesday, 10 July 2012 12:34 PM
To: Dr Terence Love
Subject: Biomimicry, Service Design and Design Thinking
Greetings colleagues,
I am currently conducting research on design thinking, service design and
meta design for my PhD, with a focus on sustainability. I have recently
begun to investigate the application of biomimicry within these fields of
practice and research. I am aware of research surrounding biomimicry for
designing material artefacts, but am attempting to source information and
examples of biomimic research that has been adopted for the aid and/or
resolution of intangible (for use of a better word) "wicked" problems - or
in strategic fields of research and practice. A superficial scan of current
research shows some progress has been made within business + organisational
design- however i am particularly interested in examples from fields of
service/systems and design thinking.
I will gratefully appreciate any research and advice that can be offered on
this topic, or which more broadly relates to the adoption of biomimic design
for intangible problems and (ideally, sustainable) organisational solutions.
Kind Regards,
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PhD Student
Faculty of Design
Swinburne University
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