How Patterns in Nature Inspire Designers

Happy New Year! Imagine 2024 buzzing with ideas for exciting designs, inventions, and ways to solve problems. Using nature as inspiration for projects in your classroom can engage children and spark curiosity and creativity! Let’s start with a favourite topic – patterns in nature. Looking for patterns may be fun, but can they also be useful? A coupleContinueContinue reading “How Patterns in Nature Inspire Designers”

Biobing – Caterpillar Climbing Shoes

Inspired by the wonderful caterpillars in the previous blog posts, we designed some Biobing shoes. These shoes are made for climbing in the mountains. Just like a caterpillar, you can climb upside down when you are wearing these shoes. There are little sticky caterpillar-shaped wheels that let you scale big rocks. These wheels automatically flattenContinueContinue reading “Biobing – Caterpillar Climbing Shoes”

Hunting for the Golden Ratio

Does the golden ratio exist in the world of art, architecture and design? Or is it a myth? Why not spend some time to check it out for yourself? The golden ratio is regarded as a way to define something beautiful. Great artists such as Salvador Dalí are said to have used the number sequenceContinueContinue reading “Hunting for the Golden Ratio”