Arizona State University has become one of a handful of research institutions to open a center devoted entirely to biomimicry, which some researchers believe is the way forward for sustainable design across numerous research disciplines. The university recently unveiled The Biomimicry Center, a collaboration between ASU and Biomimicry 3.8, a consulting and training firm co-founded by Janine Benyus and Dayna Baumeister, leaders in the emerging field that looks to nature as inspiration for design in science, technology, art, and numerous other fields. In fact, it was Benyus' book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature in 1997 that first brought biomimicry to prominence.
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