The Bio-inspired Design Adventure

We work as a team on a real design challenge and create sustainable solutions, test them and develop a business idea around it. 

For finding sustainable, eco-friendly ideas, we use a unique innovation method that combines Biomimicry with Design Sprints. 

In the process, you will:

• Learn how to use nature as a source for inspiration and as a design guideline.
• Reconnect with nature.
• Create sustainable ideas for real-life challenges.
• Get acquainted with Life’s Principles as an inspiration for sustainable solutions and use them for creating and as an assessment tool. 
• Know and reflect upon the concept of Biomimicry.
• Work step by step in a collaborative design process and decide on ideas in a structured process.
• Learn to work with different design methods and tools.
• Prototype a design idea.
• Test and assess a design idea.
• Let your creativity flow.
• Have a lot of fun!

The Bio-inspired Design Adventure is a project of the Bio-Inspired Design network, which we are currently creating. The network’s goals are to promote the possibilities that nature-inspiration provides to find sustainable ideas, create collaboratively sustainable solutions, learn about the topic simultaneously and establish a growing database of sustainable solutions while building a community interested in sustainable innovation. An interdisciplinary approach is encouraged by connecting stakeholders like companies using bio-inspiration already, researchers, and individuals who like to learn something about sustainability and educators.
In this way, the network is a learning structure that enables open innovation for sustainability by using the educational format called Bio-inspired design adventure.

If you are an entrepreneur or business owner and want to find new ideas, you might also find the Eco-innovation Design Sprint interesting. It is a professional Design Sprint that includes Biomimicry to innovate.