caa a22 4500 44584454X CHVBK 20180317145354.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10798-010-9132-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10798-010-9132-6 Introducing students to bio-inspiration and biomimetic design: a workshop experience [Elektronische Daten] [Carlo Santulli, Carla Langella] In recent years, bio-inspired approach to design has gained considerable interest between designers, engineers and end-users. However, there are difficulties in introducing bio-inspiration concepts in the university curriculum in that they involve multi-disciplinary work, which can only possibly be successfully delivered by a team with integrated competencies. The aim of this work is summarising the results of the first workshop on bio-inspired design carried out at the Hybrid Design Lab of Seconda Università di Napoli, involving Year 2 students of the BSc in Industrial Design. The common theme proposed for their projects was "Bio-inspired design of sport”. Ideally, a sport item would need to respond to a number of exigencies, including safety, comfort, zero-energy balance and/or use of renewable energy sources, multi-functionality. The common aim of the projects was investigating in which cases bio-inspiration can assist in the fulfilment of the above exigencies. The students were asked to present examples from nature and, via an abstraction process, to apply them to the design of sport items. Finally, they were required to clarify the nature and the extent of bio-inspiration in their projects. Some of the projects, which were considered more interesting and realisable, are reported and briefly commented, especially on the nature, extent and appropriateness of their bio-inspiration. A test for feedback has been given to the students, whose scope, structure and general outcome is also discussed. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Biomimetics nationallicence Design workshop nationallicence Bio-inspired design nationallicence Materials selection nationallicence Santulli Carlo Electrical Engineering Department, Università di Roma, La Sapienza, via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Rome, Italy aut Langella Carla Seconda Università di Napoli (SUN) Facoltà di Architettura "Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via S. Lorenzo, 81031, Aversa (CE), Italy aut International Journal of Technology and Design Education Springer Netherlands 21/4(2011-11-01), 471-485 0957-7572 21:4<471 2011 21 10798 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-010-9132-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-010-9132-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Santulli Carlo Electrical Engineering Department, Università di Roma, La Sapienza, via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Langella Carla Seconda Università di Napoli (SUN) Facoltà di Architettura "Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via S. Lorenzo, 81031, Aversa (CE), Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Technology and Design Education Springer Netherlands 21/4(2011-11-01), 471-485 0957-7572 21:4<471 2011 21 10798 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer