Fluctuating Intelligence. Bioinspired 3D Printed Design on Textile

This paper intends to propose the scenario of the use of additive technologies of direct printing on fabrics as a new frontier of design and production that allows the development of changeable, flexible and composite artifacts increasingly related to the multi-functionality of nature and the human body and increasingly adaptable to the complexity of the needs of contemporary living

From Science to Design: the Design4Materials virtuous cycle

Despite the large number of innovative materials developed in laboratories worldwide, their application in new mass-produced products is complicated. Design can reduce the risk that the research developed in scientific laboratories could fail to be properly exploited and triggering a beneficial cycle linking Science to Design. This paper present the Design4Materials, an italian network founded by the laboratories of leading schools of design: MaterialdesignLab|Sapienza Rome, Madec|Politecnico di Milano, HybridesignLab|SUN Naples, Soft Surfaces and Polisensoriality|Poliba Bari. After presenting the different skills of the network members, the authors describe the capabilities and the goals of the network and the main results developed like the project that define characteristics and identities for an open material, starting from a research of the IIT of Genoa. The Design4Materials aim is to play a leading role on design-driven innovation process, responding to society’s changing needs and developing a ‘circular’ methodology of innovation from a design standpoint

El diseño interpreta la innovación en materiales

This study illustrates the results of the design experiments carried out as part of the Design for Science project, born in 2008 as the result of collaboration between the HDL (Hybrid Design Lab) bio-inspired design research group of the IDEAS department (Industrial Design Ambiente e Storia, of the Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, coordinated by Carla Langella and Patrizia Ranzo, and the research group of the Institute of Chemistry and Polymer Technology (ICTP) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), coordinated by Mario Malinconico. The research was born with the aim of defining innovative design solutions, integrating the application of a bio-inspired design methodology, developed in the field of HDL, with the application of advanced biodegradable and renewable materials and structures created by ICTP.Este estudio ilustra los resultados de las experimentaciones proyectuales realizadas en el ámbito del proyecto Design for Science, nacido en el 2008 como fruto de la colaboración entre el grupo de investigación de diseño bioinspirado HDL (Hybrid Design Lab) del departamento IDEAS (Industrial Design Ambiente e Storia, de la Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, coordinado por Carla Langella y Patrizia Ranzo y el grupo de investigación del Instituto de Química y Tecnología de los Polímeros (ICTP) del Consejo Nacional de Investigación de Italia (CNR), coordinado por Mario Malinconico. La investigación ha nacido con el objetivo de definir soluciones innovadoras de diseño, integrando la aplicación de una metodología de diseño bioinspirada, desarrollada en el ámbito del HDL, con la aplicación de materiales y estructuras avanzadas biodegradables y provenientes de fuentes renovables creados por el ICTP

Biodesign as a strategy of autonomy in the emergency scenario

The Covid19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukraine war have had a dramatic impact on global economy and markets. La pandemia de Covid19 y la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania han tenido un impacto dramático en la economía y los mercados mundiales. A pandemia da Covid19 e a guerra Rússia-Ucrânia tiveram um impacto dramático na economia e nos mercados globais.&nbsp

Consolle aptica auto-esplicativa per esposizioni museali con ingrandimenti tattili per la fruizione dei dettagli di oggetti artistici e di interesse culturale dedicata in particolare a persone con disabilità visiva

Il trovato consente di rendere fruibile e comprensibile nei 5 minimi dettagli un’oggetto artistico o di interesse culturale a persone con diversi gradi di disabilità visiva e, al contempo, aiuta le persone visivamente abili ad apprezzare e comprendere meglio i particolari amplificando la percezione attraverso stimoli multi-sensoriali, studiati per trasmettere 10 informazioni in modo aptico e/o sinestetico. L’ambito di riferimento è quindi quello dei prodotti tecnologici per l’accessibilità nei musei che favoriscono, in un’ottica design for all, la conoscenza dei beni culturali impiegando le nuove tecnologie digitali, elettroniche e le 15 nuove conoscenze scientifiche legate alla acquisizione delle informazioni attraverso canali sensoriali singoli e integrati

Paleomimetics: A Conceptual Framework for a Biomimetic Design Inspired by Fossils and Evolutionary Processes

In biomimetic design, functional systems, principles, and processes observed in nature are used for the development of innovative technical systems. The research on functional features is often carried out without giving importance to the generative mechanism behind them: evolution. To deeply understand and evaluate the meaning of functional morphologies, integrative structures, and processes, it is imperative to not only describe, analyse, and test their behaviour, but also to understand the evolutionary history, constraints, and interactions that led to these features. The discipline of palaeontology and its approach can considerably improve the efficiency of biomimetic transfer by analogy of function; additionally, this discipline, as well as biology, can contribute to the development of new shapes, textures, structures, and functional models for productive and generative processes useful in the improvement of designs. Based on the available literature, the present review aims to exhibit the potential contribution that palaeontology can offer to biomimetic processes, integrating specific methodologies and knowledge in a typical biomimetic design approach, as well as laying the foundation for a biomimetic design inspired by extinct species and evolutionary processes: Paleomimetics. A state of the art, definition, method, and tools are provided, and fossil entities are presented as potential role models for technical transfer solutions

Paleomimetics: A Conceptual Framework for a Biomimetic Design Inspired by Fossils and Evolutionary Processes

In biomimetic design, functional systems, principles, and processes observed in nature are used for the development of innovative technical systems. The research on functional features is often carried out without giving importance to the generative mechanism behind them: evolution. To deeply understand and evaluate the meaning of functional morphologies, integrative structures, and processes, it is imperative to not only describe, analyse, and test their behaviour, but also to understand the evolutionary history, constraints, and interactions that led to these features. The discipline of palaeontology and its approach can considerably improve the efficiency of biomimetic transfer by analogy of function; additionally, this discipline, as well as biology, can contribute to the development of new shapes, textures, structures, and functional models for productive and generative processes useful in the improvement of designs. Based on the available literature, the present review aims to exhibit the potential contribution that palaeontology can offer to biomimetic processes, integrating specific methodologies and knowledge in a typical biomimetic design approach, as well as laying the foundation for a biomimetic design inspired by extinct species and evolutionary processes: Paleomimetics. A state of the art, definition, method, and tools are provided, and fossil entities are presented as potential role models for technical transfer solutions

Biodiseño: el proyecto que educa a la naturaleza

The paper explores the field of biodesign by demonstrating, through a review of the scientific literature and the illustration of design research experiments developed by the authors, how design can design hybrid artefacts by instructing nature in the direction of design thinking. El artículo explora el campo del biodiseño demostrando, a través de una revisión de la literatura científica y la ilustración de los experimentos de investigación de diseño desarrollados por los autores, cómo el diseño puede diseñar artefactos híbridos instruyendo a la naturaleza en la dirección del pensamiento de diseño.  O artigo explora o campo do biodesign demonstrando, por meio de uma revisão da literatura científica e da ilustração de experimentos de pesquisa em design desenvolvidos pelos autores, como o design pode projetar artefatos híbridos instruindo a natureza na direção do design thinking.&nbsp

Prólogo. BioDiseño, Innovación y Transdisciplinariedad

This Cuaderno offers the opportunity to review the evolution of the bio-inspired project in the light of the current state of the art, in which the proposed contributions are located, which constitute the results of this evolutionary path but also an opportunity to prefigure the different paths that lead to future. In the history of design culture, nature has always offered precious inspirations, both formal and functional, capable of generating new technical and expressive solutions even to very complex design problems.Este Cuaderno ofrece la oportunidad de revisar la evolución del proyecto bioinspirado a la luz del estado actual del arte, en el que se ubican las aportaciones propuestas, que constituyen los resultados de este camino evolutivo pero también una oportunidad para prefigurar los distintos caminos que conducen al futuro. En la historia de la cultura del diseño, la naturaleza siempre ha ofrecido inspiraciones preciosas, tanto formales como funcionales, capaces de generar nuevas soluciones técnicas y expresivas incluso a problemas de diseño muy complejos.Este Caderno oferece a oportunidade de rever a evolução do projeto bioinspirado à luz do estado da arte atual, no qual se situam as contribuições propostas, que constituem os resultados deste caminho evolutivo, mas também uma oportunidade de prefigurar o diferente caminhos que levam ao futuro. Na história da cultura do design, a natureza sempre ofereceu inspirações preciosas, tanto formais quanto funcionais, capazes de gerar novas soluções técnicas e expressivas até mesmo para problemas de design muito complexos