Human-Centric Biomimetic Design: Innovations for Sustainable Living and Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Biomimetic design integrates principles derived from biological systems into engineering, architecture, and industrial design, providing a novel methodological pathway for developing sustainable, adaptive, and efficient solutions. By studying the structures, processes, and systemic behaviors of nature, biomimetics offers a foundational design paradigm for addressing complex challenges in the built environment, engineering systems, and product development. This Special Issue emphasizes biomimetics as the central research direction, focusing on how biological mechanisms can be translated into interdisciplinary design theories, methods, and applications.

This Special Issue particularly welcomes theoretical research, methodological innovation, and applied case studies that advance biomimetic research in fields such as architectural design, industrial product design, environmental design, mechanical engineering, and service systems. Contributions employing computational and digital methods are also encouraged when used to support biomimetic modeling, analysis, or validation. The aim of this Special Issue is to strengthen both the scientific and practical foundations of biomimetic design, and to demonstrate how nature-inspired principles can be translated into innovative and sustainable solutions and design approaches in real-world applications.

Dr. Yangyang Wei
Dr. Shupeng Wang
Dr. Zhonghang Bai
Dr. Zeng Wang
Dr. Yihan Wang
Guest Editors

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