Nature-Inspired Design
Can Nature Provide Solutions to the Ecological Crisis We Face Today?
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What do termite mounds in Africa, slime mold in Japan and fireflies in the U.S. have in common?
Each one a working solution, hiding in plain sight.
Biomimicry is the practice of looking to nature as a design mentor. This panel discussion by Oorja Design brings together two practitioners for a conversation about biomimicry as a living design intelligence. They will discuss this field as a shared lens across disciplines, and a framework for moving from extractive approaches toward a more observant, collaborative, and regenerative design.
Nature has had 3.8 billion years to work on the problems we are still trying to solve. It would be foolish not to learn from the systems that surround us.
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Speakers
Chetan K S
Ulhas Anand
Ulhas Anand is a product designer and Vice President of Innovation & Design at Tyfone Inc., a US-based fintech company. His deeper pursuit, however, has always been wildlife and the environment. He has been part of the birdwatching movement in Bengaluru for over three decades, helped lead some of the region’s earliest citizen science initiatives, and founded the first email discussion group on wildlife from India. He produces The Bird Podcast, ranked among the top ten bird podcasts in the world by the Audubon Society, and is the force behind Bengaluru Bird Day and an online portal for nature field notes and trip reports. He conducts workshops on nature-inspired design thinking for product designers and architects.
Jenny Pinto
Jenny Pinto is a Bengaluru-based designer and filmmaker whose work sits at the intersection of sustainability, design, and the connectedness of all life. She is the author of The Magical Everything, a book for young adults exploring the interconnectedness of nature.
