Mimêsis - nature at the origins of innovation

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Nature is full of inventive solutions, the result of four billion years of evolution and selection, whose effectiveness has been proven on a living scale. Numerous examples from botany, zoology and geology have given rise to remarkable biomimetic applications: lotus and hydrophobic coatings; burdock and Velcro; morpho butterflies and Morphotex textiles; spider silk and synthetic silk, mussel byssus and adhesives, etc.
By creating a dialogue between the natural environment and the human innovations it inspires, Mimêsis invites the public to rediscover nature from a new angle: that of its intelligence, diversity and inestimable value. It also offers us a lesson in humility, as humans must mobilise complex and often energy-intensive means to try to match what nature accomplishes with an elegant economy of means.