Abstract:
Biomimicry is an applied science that derives inspiration for solutions to human problems through the study of
natural designs, processes and systems. The widespread and practical application of biomimicry as a design method
remains unrealized; interior architecture commonly use biology as a library of shapes, but this alone is not
biomimetics; it has to have some biology in it. This paper reviews key points and case studies of applications of
biomimicry in interior architecture. A critique of the applications shows that biomimetics is the way to innovation
and sustainability and interior architecture must move beyond the formalistic characteristics of nature.
