Interface FLOR has dedicated a section on their website to Biomimicry. Their Spring Leaf carpet tiles are inspired by the “organized chaos” of a forest floor. Instead of designing a perfect repeatable pattern this carpet system creates a completely random non-repeating pattern.
See the two part video below where John Bradford, VP of operations and Research & Development, discusses why Interface started mimicking nature to design eco-friendly products, how to turn concepts into design and offers tips on product innovation through biomimicry. Sustainable Innovation is podcast-based program designed to help companies better tackle innovation challenges and learn what global organizations are doing to sustain their product innovation processes.
Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP3KMv-Aer0&feature=relmfu
Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5fjeqylx28&feature=relmfu
Hey Lauren,
I love the idea of “organized chaos” mimicking the forest floor! It’s great to see biomimicry in product design and pattern application. Another good way to bring nature indoors!
I really enjoyed watching these videos. It helped me to understand how the apply thing from nature to the actual design. Plus that I believe that bio mimicry is a multidisciplinary field that brings all scientists, designers and engineers together. This a a time that creativity and invention will happen, when individuals with various knowledge and expertise work together.