1st Edition
WunderCAD/CAMmer A Digital Mirabilia’s Compendium in Contemporary Material Science and Bioinspired Design
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Brilliant Ghost of the Wunderkammer: The Evolution of Biology and the Advent of Contemporary Digital Mirabilia
Nova Hybridalia: Beyond Biomimesis, Towards Co-Evolution
The Return of Nature’s Lesson: Bionics, Biomimetics, Biomimicry, Bioinspired Design, Next Nature, Hypernature and Material Ecology®
WunderCAD/CAMmer’s Relevance in BioDesign Approach: The ELM’s Manifesto
Making New High Tech Biomaterials in the Anthropocene Era
The Great Acceleration and the Biomimetic Brake
Euplectella aspergillum: Modeling Fluid Dynamics in CAD/CAE Using Nature-Inspired High-Tech Principles
A Virtuous Ring
Dynamic Product Lifecycles Managment (PLM) in the Age of Circular Design
Integrating 3D Printing into the Circular Economy
Make it Lighter
The Gravitational Paradox
The Sustainable Lightness of Trees
Computational Lightness
Unlocking the Aerodynamic Secrets of Lightweight Insect Wing Design
Make it Cleaner
Pure as a Lily
The Zero Impact Cleaning Syndrome
Make it Smarter
Artificial Smartness vs. Natural Wit
Toward a Conscious Materiality (I)
Make it More Connected
The Invisible Power of Murmuration
Toward a Conscious Materiality (II)
Make it Smaller
The Nanotech Rabbit At Alice’s Table
Nanofabrication of Metamaterials: Artificialia at the Edge of the Visible
Make it More Organic
Organic, All Too Organic
Nulla Ars Imitari Sollertiam Naturae Potest
Make it More Predictable
Beyond CAD/CAM: The Protein’s Folding, the HolyGrail of Contemporary Biology
CADD, the Oracle of New Health
Make a Post-Cad Transition: From Automation Toward AI Co-creation
Beyond Automation: The Cognitive Turn in Design
A Reflective Epilogue: The Digital Studiolo Towards a Generative Ethics
Index
Biography
Massimo Lumini (1957) is an Italian architect, designer, and educator with decades of teaching and professional experience. He specializes in parametric and generative design with a focus on international biomimetics research dissemination. Through his essays, butterfly eggs, flying seeds, and hidden evolutionary technologies are examined to offer inspiration for the design of contemporary artifices and materials. This mix of science and technology opens new perspectives on human creativity, design innovation, and nature’s wisdom while considering sustainability.
