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99% Invisible
The Borrowed Nature of Biomimicry
Roman Mars · 32 min
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Why it’s worth your time
Designers love the phrase learn from nature. This looks at what that borrowing actually costs and who gets credit.
Listen for this question
Who do you credit when you take an idea?
Best way to listen
Short, on a commute.
After the episode
Find one designed object and guess what it was copied from.
Who it’s for: Anyone who has nodded along to a biomimicry slide.
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