Zygote Quarterly

ZQ40, vol 1 2026, English edition (published 2026/04/06)

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

In this Issue: a portfolio by Nicole Ottawa and Oliver Meckes, eye of science; The Land Institute by Aubrey Streit Krug; From hype to hyphae: Learning from mycelium on what will (and won’t) work by Ilse (C.A.) Rovers; Interview with Doug Fudge by Shoshanah Jacobs; Who Controls Whom? Part II by Manuel Quirós and Oscar Aguado; Evolution of Robotics by Vytas SunSpiral; Interview with Richard James MacCowan by Shoshanah Jacobs; Building a BiosVerse™ Compatible Industry by Michael W. Wright; Repositioning Biomimicry by Pete Foley.

ZQ39, vol 3 2025, English edition (published 2025/12/16)

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

In this Issue: Forward Motion: Robert J. Full’s Career of Discovery by Tom McKeag; a portfolio by Kate MccGwire; Science of Seeing: Plant It and They Will Come by Adelheid Fischer; Cutting Without Cutting: Lessons from the Sawfly by Martí Verdaguer Mallorquí; Interview with Arindam Phani and Seonghwan (Sam) Kim by Shoshanah Jacobs; Building with Biology by Emilie Snell-Rood; Turning Bio-Inspired Ideas Into Patents by Brook Kennedy with Anna Bieri; Biomimicry in Architecture by Michael Pawlyn, reviewed by Hope Ameh, Thomas Boyster, Denise DeLuca, Cornel Schoombee, Janet Stewart, and Emma Winter.

ZQ38, vol 2 2025, English edition (published 2025/08/22)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

In this Issue: Diatoms: Building Glass Houses by Tom McKeag; Unlocking innovation through fossils: how ancient life can inspire modern technology by Annabelle Aish and Tom Challands; Who Controls Whom? By Manuel Quirós and Oscar Aguado; In Memoriam: Claire Janisch by Jess Berliner; The value of the sub-organism perspective in organizational design by Irene Nooren.

ZQ37, vol 1 2025, English edition (published 2025/05/04)

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

In this Issue: Looking Closer: Cultivating Bio-Inspired Design (BID) with Macro Photography by Brook Kennedy; The Science of Seeing: Spellbound by Adelheid Fischer; The Pivot to FeatherEdge®: How to Launch a Biomimetic Start-up by Ryan Church; a portfolio by Kristine Zingeler; In Memoriam: Nikolay Bogatyrev; Biomimetics: Ten Assumptions I Question by Nikolay Bogatyrev; Interview with Floating Island International by Shoshanah Jacobs.

Norbert Hoeller: Recent Initiatives: ZQ Letters and Lab Relationships (published 2025/04/02)

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

ZQ35 introduced two initiatives: ZQ Letters allowing faster publications of short articles and the start of ongoing relationships with labs doing work related to bio-inspired design. If the PDF of the letter does not display and refreshing the webpage does not help, download the PDF

ZQ36, vol 2 2024, English edition (published 2024/12/22)

Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

In this issue: On Growth and Form: Six Lessons for Designers by Tom McKeag; Interview: Kristina Wanieck; a portfolio: Entomographies by Xavi Bou in collaboration with Adrian Smith; In Memoriam: The Legacy of Thierry Chopin; Biomimetics International’s First Annual Symposium by Thomas Fisher.

ZQ35, vol 1 2024, English edition (published 2024/07/05)

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: The Collective Ant Brain by Margie Patlak; Nature as a Blueprint for Resilient and Sustainable Engineering Systems by Hadear Hassan, Abheek Chatterjee, and Astrid Layton; Can Manufactured Ecosystems fully replace ecosystem services? by Shoshanah Jacobs et al.; a portfolio: Art-thinking by Daniel Mira; Robotany: a new way to move by Tom McKeag.

Pete Foley: Perspectives on “Water in the Southwest US” from ZQ34 (published 2024/05/04)

Sat, 04 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400

Pete Foley provides an update on current water management practices and challenges in Las Vegas. If the PDF of the letter does not display and refreshing the webpage does not help, download the PDF

ZQ34, vol 2 2023, English edition (published 2023/10/09)

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Autumn Meadowhawk Dragonfly by Margie Patlak; How to Build a Dragonfly by Tom McKeag; a portfolio by Mallory Zondag; The Science of Seeing: ’Tis a Gift to Be Simple by Adelheid Fischer; Mind the Gap: A Review of “Revisiting Nature’s 'Unifying Patterns': A Biological Appraisal” by Randall Anway; Don’t Blame Bats by Manuel Quirós; a portfolio: “Amiguitos de la Oscuridad” (Little Friends of the Darkness) by Juan Nicolás Elizalde; Water in the Southwest USA: an interview with Ray Lucchesi and Michael Ogden; Language vs. knowledge in bio-inspired design: A Review of “Revisiting Nature’s 'Unifying Patterns': A Biological Appraisal” by Marc Weissburg.

ZQ33, vol 1 2023, English edition (published 2023/07/02)

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: The Pinch of Salt: Mimicking the Mangrove to Slake the World’s Thirst by Tom McKeag; Collaborating with Beavers by Rob Dunn; an interview with Maya Ronchetti; a portfolio: Poiésis and ancestry as trajectories of water curated by Nous Ecossistema; The Science of Seeing: An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles by Adelheid Fischer; Perspectives: The Biomimicry Revolution by Henry Dicks and Randall Anway; a portfolio: Somos Agua by Carlos Mora; The Nature of Technology (W. Brian Arthur) reviewed by Norbert Hoeller and Richard James MacCowan.

ZQ32, vol 2 2022, English edition (published 2022/12/22)

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0500

In this issue: Flapping Flight: the human quest to fly like a bird by Tom McKeag: a portfolio by Karen Atta; The Science of Seeing: Night Flights by Adelheid Fischer; Kreepingarten: Shoshanah Jacobs talks to Aaron Senitt; But Where Is Everybody? by Jacquelyn Nagel and Noah Pentelovitch; Where The Wild Things Are by Adelheid Fischer; The Biomimicry Revolution by Henry Dicks, reviewed by Randall Anway.

ZQ31, vol 1 2022, English edition (published 2022/05/12)

Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency by Sarah Ichioka and Michael Pawlyn, reviewed by Tom McKeag; portfolios by Dennis Dollens and Adrian Smith; Special supplement E. O. Wilson: Introduction by Tom McKeag; Interview: Ari Daniel Shapiro talks to E.O. Wilson; How E. O. Wilson helped me disappoint my parents and become a barber for ants by Clint Penick; Biodiversity, Bats, and Taking Autonomy Outdoors by Rolf Müller; A Natural History of the Future by Rob Dunn, reviewed by Norbert Hoeller and Philip Ling.

ZQ30, vol 2 2021, English edition (published 2021/12/22)

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500

In this issue: Life in Two Worlds: The Intertidal Zone Part II by Manuel Quirós; interviews with Billy Almon and Guto Nobrega; a portfolio by Frédérique Swist; a book review of Biomimicry and Business: How Companies are Using Nature's Strategies to Succeed by Margo Farnsworth, reviewed by Karen Frasier Scott, Manuel Quirós, and Richard James MacCowan; and The Science of Seeing: Scientists on the Front Lines by Adelheid Fischer.

ZQ29, vol 1 2021, English edition (published 2021/05/01)

Sat, 01 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: The Science of Seeing: I Am Because We Are by Adelheid Fischer; an interview with William Megill; Life in Two Worlds: The Intertidal Zone by Manuel Quirós; Supernature, a portfolio by Andrea du Plessis; an interview with Noah Pentelovich; an interview with Erika Cezarini from OKA; and a book review of Guiding Patterns of Naturally Occurring Design by Jessie Lydia Henshaw, reviewed by Richard James MacCowan.

ZQ28, vol 2 2020, English edition (published 2020/09/17)

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: The Science of Seeing: The Mighty Mite by Adelheid Fischer; How Can We Drive More Success in Bio-Inspired Design? by Ben Morgan; a portfolio by Noah Bressman; A Tiny World by Julie Laurin; an interview with Jamie Miller; The Dance of Life: How Green Chemistry can inform the Green Revolution by Ryan A. Church; and The Latest Buzz: Could the Mosquito Cause More Good than Harm? by Tom McKeag.

ZQ27, vol 1 2020, English edition (published 2020/03/12)

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: The Science of Seeing: Been There, Done That, Wanna Do It Again by Adelheid Fischer; Fog Harp: University invention to real-world impact by Brook Kennedy, Jonathan Boreyko, and Weiwei Shi; a portfolio by Fraenzi Neuhaus; The Delft Workshops by Norbert Hoeller; ZQ Reader Survey Update by Tom McKeag, Marjan Eggermont, and Norbert Hoeller.

ZQ26, vol 2 2019, English edition (published 2019/09/26)

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Taking the Heat: Deep Sea Vents by Tom McKeag; a portfolio by Ruth Cuthand; What drives sustainability, innovation, and value in green design methods? by Jeremy Faludi; Perspectives: Bringing Business Thinking to Biomimetic Innovation by Jacques Chirazi; a portfolio by Dornith Doherty; and Perspectives: Creating an Environment Supporting Biomimetic Innovation by Jorge Rodriguez.

ZQ25, vol 1 2019, English edition (published 2019/05/12)

Sun, 12 May 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: What Forces are at Work Here? Don Ingber and the Theory of Cell Tensegrity by Tom McKeag; a portfolio by Myoung Ho Lee; Perspectives on “Stories from the trenches” by Jamie Miller & Michael Helms; Nature, Where Art Thou? by Adelheid Fischer; a portfolio by David Goodsell; Interview with Annick Bay; and Envisioning Biomimicry Through an Ontological Lens by Colleen K. Unsworth, Thibaut Houette, Sarah J. McInerney, Austin M. Garner, and Peter H. Niewiarowski.

ZQ24, vol 3 2018, English edition (published 2018/12/21)

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500

In this issue: You Crack Me Up! Grace Gu’s Search for the Next Generation of Composite Materials by Tom McKeag; Designed to Move: Seeds That Float, Fly or Hitchhike through the Desert Southwest, photography by Taylor James; Perspectives on “Stories from the trenches” by Pete Foley, Margo Farnsworth, and Arndt Pechstein; a portfolio by Studio Drift; and a book review of Regenerative Urban Design and Ecosystem Biomimicry by Maibritt Pedersen Zari, reviewed by Alexandra Ralevski, Colleen Mahoney, and Jamie Miller.

ZQ23, vol 2 2018, English edition (published 2018/08/27)

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Stories from the trenches of biomimetic innovation: Commercialization and Scaling Up [Part 3] by Ryan Church, Rachel Hahs, and Norbert Hoeller; Learning from No Shoulders by Heidi Fischer; Fun in the Sun by Tom McKeag; a portfolio by Leila Jeffreys; What did Socrates ever do for you? by Julian Vincent; Bioinspiration in Business and Management by Dr. Taryn Mead reviewed by Dr. Daniel Weihs, Karen Verbeek, and Norbert Hoeller; and an interview with David Waggonner.

ZQ22, vol 1 2018, English edition (published 2018/03/30)

Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Stories from the trenches of biomimetic innovation [Part 2]: Business Model & Market Entry Strategy by Ryan Church, Rachel Hahs, and Norbert Hoeller; Hope and the Thing with Feathers by Heidi Fischer; The Blackout and the Bee, a tribute to Mark Kerbel, by Margo Farnsworth; a portfolio by Ritchie van Daal; George’s Wood by Julian Vincent.

ZQ21, vol 4 2017, English edition (published 2017/11/28)

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500

In this issue: A portfolio by Jennifer Wanner; World interviews with Great Lakes Biomimicry; Strange Worlds in Familiar Places by Clint Penick; A Cure for the Uncommon Cold by Tom McKeag; Stories from the Trenches of Biomimetic Innovation [Part 1] by Ryan Church, Rachel Hahs, and Norbert Hoeller; Teeming (Tamsin Woolley-Barker) reviewed by Liv Scott.

ZQ20, vol 3 2017, English edition (published 2017/06/13)

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: A portfolio by chef Virgilio Martinez from Central Restaurant (Lima, Peru); Interviews with Vitas SunSpiral, Tim McGee and Jan Knippers; The Abominable Mystery by Adelheid Fischer; Going to Extremes by Tom McKeag.

ZQ19, vol 2 2017, English edition (published 2017/02/20)

Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0500

In this issue: Harry Kroto and the Shape of Things to Come by Tom McKeag; Stranger Danger: Homeland Security in the Forest by Adelheid Fischer; Portfolio by Xavi Bou; Interviews with Thierry Chopin and Biomimicry Iberia; and Product Design: Brook Kennedy’s Macronaut.

ZQ18, vol 1 2017, English edition (published 2017/01/23)

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0500

A special issue: Biomimicry Summit and Education Forum for Aerospace (Aug. 2-4, 2016). Interviews with Vikram Shyam, Aloysius Hepp, Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Nikolaus Correll, Amir Gandomi, Paul Kladitis, Konrad Rykaczewski, Wei Zhang, John Nottingham, Bill Sullivan, Petra Gruber, Zhiqiang Wu, Lyndsey McMillon-Brown, Rebecca Eagle-Malone, Stephen Howe, Peter Niewiarowski, Scott Turner, Anamarije Frankic, and Ashok Goel.

ZQ15, vol 1 2016, edición Española (publicado 2016/12/03)

Sat, 03 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0500

En este número: Curiosidad sin Límites: Un Tributo a Steven Vogel de Tom McKeag; Cuando el éxito falla de Steven Vogel; Entrevista con Robin Rogers y Kalina Raskin; Colaborando con el destino: Los aeronautas del Monte Santa Helena de Adelheid Fischer; Portafolio de Macoto Murayama; ¿Por qué los paneles solares no parecen árboles? de Steven Vogel.

ZQ17, vol 3 2016, English edition (published 2016/10/05)

Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Sticking to the Chase: Kellar Autumn's Pursuit of Science by Tom McKeag; The Ecology of Human Infrastructure by Marc Weissburg; Listening to the Desert by Adelheid Fischer; Portfolio by Kellar Autumn; Interview with Daniel Wahl; Biomimicry: What is in it for us? By Alyssa Stark.

ZQ16, vol 2 2016, English edition (published 2016/06/03)

Fri, 03 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Resurrection: Can we find redemption in a lowly desert plant? By Tom McKeag; Information Visualization by Nathalie Miebach; Interviews with Peter Niewiarowski and Ryan Church; Portfolio by Meredith Woolnough; Innovation Through Transdisciplinary Training by Shoshanah Jacobs and Daniel Gillis; and Product Design Ryan Church and Stephen Davies.

ZQ14, vol 3 2015, edición Española (publicado 2016/05/07)

Sat, 07 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400

En este número: ¡Ay, tan plástico! de Tom McKeag; Pensar como un agave de Adelheid Fischer; Portafolio de Felice Frankel; Diseño de productos: Estudio Guardabosques; Entrevista con Russell Kerschmann, Pete Foley, y Shannon Royden-Turner.

ZQ13, vol 2 2015, edición Española (publicado 2016/03/16)

Wed, 16 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0400

En este asunto: Nuestro mundo material: una composición en claves mayores y menores de Tom McKeag; Alerta temprana de Adelheid Fischer; Psicología, naturaleza e innovación de Pete Foley; Portafolio: E. A. Seguy - Insectos en pochoir; Entrevista con Rick Dove, Jeffrey M. Karp, y Björn Cederquist por Hammarby Sjöstad; Infografía: Réquiem por una mariposa de Raúl de Villafranca y Colin McDonald, Reseña literaria: Hipernatural de R. Anway, A. Bernett, J. Dubon y C. Garvin.

ZQ15, vol 1 2016, English edition (published 2016/02/10)

Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500

In this issue: Tribute to Steven Vogel by Tom Mckeag; Collaborating with Chance: The Aeronauts of Mount St. Helens by Adelheid Fischer; Interviews with Kalina Raskin and Robin Rogers; Portfolio by Macoto Murayama; When Success Fails by Steven Vogel; Why Don’t Solar Panels Look Like Trees? By Steven Vogel.

ZQ14, vol 3 2015, English edition (published 2015/10/21)

Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: "Oh, So Plastic!" by Tom McKeag; Thinking Like an Agave by Adelheid Fischer; Portfolio by Felice Frankel, Estudio Guardabosques; Interviews with Russell Kerschmann, Pete Foley and Shannon Royden-Turner.

ZQ12, vol 1 2015, edición Española (publicado 2015/08/05)

Wed, 05 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0400

En este número: Colaboradores: Tres años de Zygote Quarterly; Una situación resbalosa: En busca de un adhesivo quirúrgico Óptimo de Tom McKeag; Historias y átomos de Adelheid Fischer; Reseña literaria: Ingeniería y Biomimesis de Michael S. Ellison; Diseño de productos: Aqua Creations; Entrevista con Michael Ellison, Blaine Brownell y Marc Swackhamer; Infografía: El regreso de la cosa del pantano de Raúl de Villafranca y Colin McDonald.

ZQ13, vol 2 2015, English edition (published 2015/06/22)

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Our Material World: A Composition in Major and Minor Keys by Tom McKeag; Early Warning by Adelheid Fischer; Psychology, Nature and Innovation by Pete Foley; Portfolio by E. A. Seguy; Interviews with Rick Dove, Jeffrey M. Karp, and Björn Cederquist for Hammarby Sjöstad; Infographic Requiem for a Butterfly by Raul de Villafranca and Colin McDonald; Hypernatural (Blaine Brownell and Marc Swackhamer) review by R. Anway, A. Bernett, J. Dubon and C. Garvin.

ZQ12, vol 1 2015, English edition (published 2015/03/12)

Thu, 12 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Three years of contributors to Zygote Quarterly, Sticky Wicket: A Search for an Optimal Adhesive for Surgery by Tom McKeag; Stories and Atoms by Adelheid Fischer; Engineered Biomimicry (Akhlesh Lakhtakin and Raul J. Martin-Palma) review by Michael Ellison; Aqua Creations Lighting and Furniture Atelier; Interviews with Blaine Brownell, Marc Swackhamer, and Michael Ellison; Infographic Return of the Swamp Thing by Raul de Villafranca and Colin McDonald.

ZQ04, invierno 2012, edición Española (publicado 2014/12/27)

Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0500

En este número: Aprendiendo del maestro transmutador de forma de Tamsin Woolley-Barker; No hay extraños en el mundo de Adelheid Fischer; Buscando inteligencia dentro del enjambre de Clint Penick; Entrevista con Jay Harman, y Ashok K. Goel; Portafolio de Philip Beesley; Reseña literaria: El diseño en la naturaleza de Tim McGee; InfografÍa: Auspicious Forms de Raul de Villafranca y Colin McDonald.

ZQ11, vol 4 2014, English edition (published 2014/11/02)

Sun, 02 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Sahara Forest Project: Seeing the Forest For the Trees by Tom McKeag; Nervous System Design Studio, The Utility of Awe by Adelheid Fischer; Portfolio 2014 Princeton University Art of Science Exhibition; Interview with The Bionic Learning Network of Festo/Heinrich Frontzek; Nanoscience: Giants of the Infinitesimal (Peter Forbes & Tom Grimsey) review by Tom McKeag.

ZQ10, vol 3 2014, English edition (published 2014/07/22)

Tue, 22 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Gearing Up (and away): How a little backyard bug might change engineering by Tom McKeag; Lighting by Lindsey Adelman; It’s the Mix Not the Match That Makes the Magnificent Mole by Adelheid Fischer; Portfolio by Exploration Architecture/Michael Pawlyn; The ISO/TC 266 Biomimetics Standard Initiative by Taryn Mead and Norbert Hoeller; Interviews with Ray Lucchesi, Tomislav Terzin and Megan Strickfaden; The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision (Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi) review by Janet Kübler, Michelle Y. Merrill, and Randall Anway.

ZQ03, otoño 2012, edición Española (publicado 2014/06/29)

Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400

En este número: La Cosa del Pantano de Tom McKeag; Exposición de arte: Herramientas de la Naturaleza de Randy Jayne Rosenberg; Reseña literaria: La naturaleza de los negocios de Upward, McDougall, y Hoeller; Portafolio de Elena Lapeña; Entrevista con Wes Jackson, John Crowe, y Ilaria Mazzoleni; El lugar de la biomimesis en el diseño verde de Jeremy Faludi; Desarrollo de analogías entre dominios utilizando fuentes de lenguaje natural de Norbert Hoeller.

ZQ09, Spring 2014, English edition (published 2014/04/21)

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Little Things Multiply Up: Hierarchical Structures by Tom McKeag; Small Worlds in a Big Space by Adelheid Fischer; The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision by Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi; Portfolio by Rafael Araujo; Interview with Randy Olson and Brian Palermo; The Systems View and Your Bio Toolbox by Curt McNamara.

ZQ08, Winter 2013/14, English edition (published 2014/01/29)

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500

In this issue: What a Drag! You Mean These Bumps Didn’t Make Me Swim Faster? by Tom McKeag; Tales from the Belly Button by Adelheid Fischer; Interviews with Rolf Mueller and Scott Turner; Portfolio by Daan Roosegaarde; Biologically Inspired Design: Computational Methods and Tools (Goel, McAdams and Stone, eds.) review by Randall Anway and Norbert Hoeller; Interview with Israeli Biomimicry Organization (Yael Helfman Cohen and Daphne Haim Langford); Taking it to the Street: the LA Auto Show’s ‘Biomimicry & Mobility 2025’ Challenge by Tom McKeag.

ZQ02, verano 2012, edición Española (publicado 2014/01/08)

Wed, 08 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500

En este número: Formas Prometedoras de Tom McKeag; Dos perspectivas: Bucky, Geodésicas y Biomimesis de Jay Baldwin; Entrevista con Tom Knittel; Portafolio de David Goodsell; Biomimesis: Diez Suposiciones que me Cuestiono de Nikolay Bogatyrev; El Diccionario de Sinónimos Ingeniería-Biología de Jacquelyn Nagel; Dos perspectivas: Bucky y la Forma de la Naturaleza de Curt McNamara.

ZQ01, primavera 2012, edición Española (publicado 2014/01/05)

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500

En este número: Cuando el éxito falla de Steven Vogel; Entrevista con Julian Vincent, Jay Baldwin, Maria Mingallon, y Jane Fulton Suri; Diseñado...hasta la médula de Tom McKeag; Regen Energy - El Poder de las Hormigas y de las Abejas de Mark Kerbel con Norbert Hoeller y Tom McKeag.

ZQ02, Summer 2012, English edition (published 2013/12/23)

Mon, 23 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0500

In this issue: Auspicious Forms: Designing the Sanyo Shinkansen 500-Series Bullet Train by Tom McKeag; Bucky, Geodesics and Biomimicry by Jay Baldwin; Interview with Tom Knittel; Portfolio by David Goodsell; Biomimetics: Ten Assumptions I Question by Nikolay Bogatyrev; The Engineering to Biology Thesaurus by Jacquelyn Nagel; Bucky and the Shape of Nature by Curt McNamara.

ZQ07, Fall 2013, English edition (published 2013/09/30)

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Making Paste: Biomedical Innovations Inspired by Nature by Tom McKeag; Jewels of the Desert by Adelheid Fischer; Looking back, looking forward by Janine Benyus with Megan Schuknecht; Portfolio by Lisa Frank; Interview with Markus J. Buehler; Architecture Follows Nature (Ilaria Mazzoleni) review by Colleen Mahoney; Interviews with Biomimicry Germany (Prateep Beed and Arndt Pechstein) and Biomimicry Netherlands (Saskia van den Muijsenberg); Developing a Common Ground for Learning from Nature by BID Community Think Tank.

ZQ06, Summer 2013, English edition (published 2013/06/18)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Spiral Hegira: PAX Scientific's Curving Path to Clearing the Air by Tom McKeag; Hiding in Full View by Adelheid Fischer; Portfolio by Rob Kesseler; Growing the Business of Bio-inspired Design in the Empire State by Tom McKeag; Interviews with Brent Constantz and Anamarije Frankic; Framing Your Problem with the Bio-Design Cube by Tom McKeag.

ZQ05, Spring 2013, English edition (published 2013/03/29)

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Requiem for a Butterfly: Mirasol’s Market Meltdown by Tom McKeag; Why Don’t Solar Panels Look Like Trees? By Steven Vogel; The Shark’s Paintbrush (Jay Harman) review by Janet E. Kübler, Kamelia Miteva, and Curt McNamara; Interviews with Dayna Baumeister, Larry Stambaugh and Laura M. Ferguson; Portfolio Olympus Bioscapes 2012; Tilting in the Lists over Lists: Database vs. Ontology by Julian Vincent; Portfolio by Igor Siwanowicz; Structure-Behavior-Function and Functional Modeling by Norbert Hoeller.

ZQ04, Winter 2012, English edition (published 2012/12/24)

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500

In this issue: Learning from the Master Shape-Shifter by Tamsin Woolley-Barker; There Are No Strangers in the World by Adelheid Fischer; Seeking Intelligence Inside the Swarm by Clint Penick; Interviews with Jay Harman and Ashok Goel; Portfolio by Philip Beesley; Design in Nature (A. Bejan and J. P. Zane) review by Tim McGee; Infographic Auspicious Forms by Raul de Villafranca et al.

ZQ03, Fall 2012, English edition (published 2012/09/29)

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: Return of the Swamp Thing by Tom Mckeag; Nature's Toolbox by Randy Jayne Rosenberg; The Nature of Business (Giles Hutchins) review by Antony Upward, Janice McDougall, and Norbert Hoeller; Portfolio by Elena Lapeña; Interviews with Wes Jackson, John Crowe and Ilaria Mazzoleni; Biomimicry's Place in Green Design by Jeremy Faludi; Developing Cross-Domain Analogies using Natural-Language Sources by BIDLab with Norbert Hoeller.

ZQ01, Spring 2012, English edition (published 2012/03/30)

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: When Success Fails by Steven Vogel; Interviews with Julian Vincent, Jay Baldwin, Maria Mingallon and Jane Fulton Suri; Designed... to the Bone by Tom McKeag; The Power of Ants and Bees by Mark Kerbel with Norbert Hoeller and Tom McKeag.