We enable, accelerate and deliver solutions with an embedded eco-system (not ego-system) mindset towards a regenerative future.

Our Services

We facilitate future-proof design innovations in light of the latest advancements in nature-inspired technologies, research, and global strategies. Whether this is short or long-term, we can provide you with a path for a desirable future.
We accelerate your organisation's environmental and tech transformation that will seize the future opportunities of the regenerative economy through foresight analysis and future studies.
We provide the key expertise and resources in nature-inspired innovation via academic partnerships, experimentation infrastructures and environmental analytics to streamline your R&D process.
We provide in-depth horizon scanning services that reveal the unique opportunities brought by nature-inspired innovations in your field to serve the increasing climate-aware customers better.

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“Nature-Inspired Innovation is not by default sustainable, we need to adopt a solution-oriented approach attentive to the mapping between the biological and practical contexts to translate mechanisms from living systems into real-world impact.”

— RICHARD JAMES MACCOWAN | BIOFUTURIST + FOUNDER

What is Biomimicry or Nature-Inspired Innovation?

Nature shows us how to achieve advanced, complex systems and structures that form closed networks of interdependent relationships and feedback systems by combining simple materials with ‘clever design’ using minimal resources.

Nature-inspired innovation (or biomimicry) is an interdisciplinary collaboration of biology and technology that solves practical problems by transforming abstracted models of living and ecological systems into solutions. Nature-inspired innovation sits between science & technology, engineering, art and mathematics. By looking to nature has given rise to multiple new technologies focusing on biomechanics, functional morphology, biological processes, anatomy, biochemistry and systems biology, from nano through to macroscales.

“Bio-inspired, nature-inspired innovation, bionics, biomimetics, biomimicry, biognosis all mean the same thing.”

— Prof Julian Vincent

Growth in Nature-inspired Innovation

The growing trend in nature-inspired innovation has attracted increasing interest from pioneering companies to look into biological systems to search for circular, resource-efficient solutions across various industries.

According to the OECD, the increase in patents plays a pivotal role in developing technological transactions, leading to significant economic output. And this trend has been gaining momentum in the growing field of nature-inspired innovation.

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Since 2010 there has been…

171%

increase in patents

161%

increase in publications

2000%

increase in news articles

in the growing field of Nature-Inspired Technologies.

HOW WE DO IT

FORESIGHT DESIGN STRATEGIES

The key strengths of Biomimicry Innovation Lab come from our unique combination of expertise in nature-inspired innovation and design futures strategy. We combine moonshot vision and a pragmatic approach to harness emerging nature-inspired technologies to their full potential.

TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES

We apply a diverse palette of interdisciplinary tools and methodologies such as horizon scanning, futures study, industrial design, data analytics, ecosystem modelling, AI analytics and specialised database to best identify opportunities and navigate challenges with multidimensional complexities.

EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE BASE

We are constantly at the forefront of the nature-inspired innovation landscape thanks to our extensive knowledge bases of the latest nature-inspired research across fields (such as synthetic biology, pharmaceuticals, robotics or computation) as well as our database of open innovation trends from leading brands and markets from around the world.

NETWORKS & COLLABORATIONS

Through our projects and networks around the world, we have established a widespread network of academic researchers, industry professionals and investors in the field. This critical resource enables us to efficiently assemble optimal resources and partnerships for project developments and scaling up positive environmental, socio-economic, and regenerative impacts.

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