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Veronika Kapsali: Biomimetics for Designers [2016] hardback ZFILM By 1945 a transformed continentThe importance of biomimetics imitating life's natural processes has been known for years and designers have often looked to nature for formal solutions. The natural world contains infinite examples of how to achieve complex behaviours and applications by using simple materials in a clever way, as all organisms make use of limited raw materials to survive. In the popular imagination, the best known example is the microscopic 'hook' on burrs that led