"Thank you for your incredible presentation and wealth of information you share. We heard so much positive feedback about you and your message. As you can imagine, inside corporations we can sometimes revisit old topics/issues over & over—you certainly introduced a “new topic” and an amazing array of fresh thinking, to boot. For this, we are grateful. You have an impressive message, and you deliver it with such intelligence. Thank you for visiting Hallmark."
–Marita Wesely-Clough, Hallmark“Biomimicry 3.8 helped us bridge the gap of the built environment to the natural environment, which are often separately conceived in traditional design work… Biomimicry 3.8 was able to do a deep dive into the local environment and study and present pertinent examples that the team could use as a basis for design… The Biomimicry 3.8 team was able to correlate specific examples of flora and fauna processes to building design and systems that made sense in that specific location. It was a great pleasure to work with Biomimicry 3.8 and the team was truly strengthened by their participation.”
–Deborah Bergin, architect, LGA"Dayna Baumeister recently facilitated a biomimicry workshop for one of our global innovation teams, and it was extremely valuable. Dayna has an outstanding ability to bring the subject to life whilst engaging with participants with different backgrounds and perspectives. She has the ability to encourage everyone to think differently about a challenge. By starting an innovation session with biomimicry we were able to reframe our thinking which allowed people to collectively let go of pre-existing biases – which resulted in more positive outcomes for the team’s continued work. I would recommend calling on Dayna and Biomimicry 3.8 for their guidance on difficult topics you just cannot seem to solve!"
–Nigel Stansfield, Chief Innovations Officer, Interface“We needed a partner to help us design and implement training sessions for our employees and customers on biomimicry to show it can drive innovative thinking. We engaged the Biomimicry 3.8 team to plan, design and implement a series of workshops with our employees and design customers on introducing biomimicry thinking and learning how to apply this thinking into their practices and businesses. The workshops were an excellent introduction to biomimicry thinking that left our employees inspired and with a new framework with which to view their work or solve challenges in their working lives.”
–Erin Meezan, Vice President of Sustainability, Interface“I think like many people, I first learned about biomimicry by reading Janine Benyus’s book. It was one of those things that you read the book and you’re just immediately taken by the concept.”
–Chris Garvin, Managing Partner of Terrapin Bright Green“We engaged a team of packaging and engineering students at Michigan State University to work on prototyping new package structures based on the natural mechanisms you uncovered through our biomimicry project. The students created five novel concepts over the course of a semester and we have filed a patent application for one. ...I recently co-presented with NineSigma at The Food Innovation Summit in Chicago last month and used our biomimicry/MSU project as a case study of looking outside our usual sources of suppliers for a new path to innovation. It's become a popular Open Innovation story for us within Kraft as well.”
–Susan Bodett, Senior Associate Principal Scientist, Kraft Foods Packaging Research“We have had some time to study the document you sent us regarding blood digestion in the ‘labs’ of Nature and here is our feedback: The research was extensive and well documented: Although we have done some work prior to engaging you in this area, we feel that your research was more comprehensive adding value on at least two fronts: identifying the general mechanisms that exist in nature and categorizing the information accordingly… Goes Beyond what we asked for: What was really interesting to me was the set of questions that challenged how we think or perceive blood stained fabrics. I personally enjoyed contemplating every question and they allowed me to live in a different realm. Kudos to your folks for having the ability to think discontinuously.”
–Yousef Aouad, Principal Scientist, P&G“Our results show that it is possible to incorporate the science of Biomimetics into the creative process required for the development of new strategies and products in a cosmetics company, and possibly in other types of companies as well... This project also allowed the creation of a research program in Biomimetics in our company as many professionals working in Natura, including designers, biologists, biomedical, pharmaceutical, chemists, physicists, and engineers were trained by the Biomimicry Guild [now Biomimicry 3.8].”
–Neves & Francke, in Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, Vol 160: “Creative Product Design Using Biomimetics”“I feel this experience has not only prepared me with the skills to be a leader in the field of biomimicry, but also given me the confidence, inspiration, and courage to do just that.”
—Rachel Hahs, 2013-15 BPro cohort“The six major principles of biomimicry, established by Janine Benyus and Dayna Baumeister of Biomimicry 3.8, aren’t just clever buzzwords. These concepts describe how the world around us actually functions, and biomimicry aims to embrace nature’s wisdom, rather than just harvesting nature’s stuff.”
–Fast Company