Inspiration from Biology: Exploration of the Application of Bionic
Design Elements in the Design of Cultural Creative Products
Dan Sun
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School of Art & Design, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, China
Keywords: Bionic Design, Cultural Creativity, Product Design, Visual Design.
Abstract: With the development of the times, people's life concepts, lifestyles and thoughts are also constantly
changing, and the demand for cultural products is paying more and more attention to creativity and
innovation. Since ancient times, nature has been the source of human enlightenment. As a design method,
bionic design not only has a unique sense of beauty, but also makes product design more vital and
appealing. The research focus of this topic is to take the inspiration brought by biology as the starting point,
with the help of the form elements, color elements, structural elements, functional elements and symbolic
meanings in the bionic design, to find new ideas in the design and development of cultural and creative
products. Inspiration, the application and exploration of the utilization, processing and re-creation of the
external morphological characteristics and internal functional structure of living beings, and giving products
a new way of spreading while presenting cultural connotations. The aim is to summarize the innovative
thinking methods that transform natural biological characteristics into product design applications, and
provide reference and new ideas for promoting the development and design of cultural creative products.
1 INTRODUCTION
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Bionic design is to extract a large number of novel
bionic creative thinking and harmonious and
continuous design methods by simulating nature to
design more and better products to meet the growing
material and spiritual needs of consumers. Visual
design constantly proposes new bionic design
concepts, and actively seeks design methods and
methods that combine design with nature. The
design product visually reflects the visual
characteristics of human beings and the natural
environment in harmony. Designers can use the
creatures and natural existences in nature as the
basis to extract elements with bionic meaning, and
combine advanced science and technology to apply
visual symbols with bionic meaning to the creative
performance of products, which can satisfy
consumers. Improved aesthetic requirements
promote the application of bionic elements in
product visual design. With the progress of science
and technology, the level of productivity and the
continuous improvement of economy, the bionic
elements in nature will be continuously extracted
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and applied in the visual design of products, which
will directly promote the continuous improvement of
the design level of the entire society and the level of
social economy.
In the research on the elements of bionic design,
many scholars have studied them and achieved many
results. For example, Brandl summarized some
methods of bionic design in design applications, and
summarized exaggeration, simplification,
deformation, decomposition and combination, etc.
The application of design techniques in the bionic
design of product form points out that these design
techniques are not encouraged by each, but are
interconnected (Brandl 2017). No matter what kind
of design technique is used, the needs of product
form and structure must be combined in the process
of refining the form, rather than simply refining the
form. In related research, Alekberli T classified
bionic design into intentional bionic design and fun
bionic design, and classified the characteristics and
concepts of different bionic designs (Alekberli
2021). Kozlobaeva E A constructed a theoretical
model from biological prototypes to bionic design
procedures and a theoretical model from product
problems to bionic design procedures, and created
procedures and methods for morphological bionic
Sun, D.
Inspiration from Biology: Exploration of the Application of Bionic Design Elements in the Design of Cultural Creative Products.
DOI: 10.5220/0011228600003443
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optimization (Kozlobaeva 2018). These scholars
have done a lot of research on bionic design, which
provides a good theoretical and research foundation
for this article.
This article has studied various design methods
in bionic design; such as partial method, overall
method, metaphor method, etc., and explained the
methods, and carried out actual practice in terms of
the ownership of bionic cultural and creative
products and the purchase type intention of bionic
cultural and creative products. Questionnaire survey,
a total of 650 questionnaires, 644 valid
questionnaires, the effective questionnaire rate is
98%, including 388 male questionnaires and 256
female questionnaires.
In this way, we can better understand the needs
of consumers and strive for the usefulness, detail and
reliability of the questionnaire.
2 THE DESIGN METHOD OF
BIONIC DESIGN ELEMENTS
IN THE DESIGN OF
CULTURAL AND CREATIVE
PRODUCTS
In the process of product design, bionic design
extracts elements from organisms, establishes a
connection with the structure of the product, and
then converts this connection into the unique
functions or ornamental features of the product. The
most commonly used design methods when the
bionic design is applied in the product design
process include the partial method, the overall
method, and the metaphorical abstraction method
(Liu 2020).
2.1 Local Method
The local method is a design principle that extracts
the most representative feature of the biological
form, abstracts, refines and transforms it into the
product design form. In nature, certain local features
of some creatures are distinctive, impressive, and
often have unique aesthetics. For example, the
colorful colors and delicate patterns in butterfly
wings often provide creativity for color matching
and application in graphic design. The eyes of the
fly, the pliers of the praying mantis, the wings of the
birds, etc., because of their unique structure and
function, have helped people obtain inspiration in
the design of many products, and have formed many
product design schemes that have changed our
traditional lives. Partially extract design elements
and transform them into product features related to
product function or structure. It has a wide range of
applications in product design. The design feature of
local method is to extract and strengthen. In the
process of design, grasp biological The most
distinctive personality characteristics, through the
imitation and reinforcement of the form, derive these
characteristics with the corresponding more
distinctive structure, color or function (Zhang 2020).
The first step in the application of the local method
is the relationship between the biological structure
and the product structure, which itself is based on
the designer's full understanding of the product and
biological characteristics, combined with its own
association to create a unique connection point, and
thus form a product idea. The local bionic design is
simple to operate and directly applied, and it is also
the most widely used in bionic design (Chen 2020,
Wang 2021).
2.2 Holistic Method
The holistic method is to extract the features that
best summarize the shape from the entire structure
of the organism after a comprehensive observation
and analysis of the biological shape, and then use
concise colors or lines to generalize, and use the
design method to coordinate deformation and
reorganization to transform it. Transform into a
product form with this biological aesthetic or
behavioral characteristics. The holistic method also
has a lot of applications in the field of product
design. For example, when the aircraft was first
invented, its shape characteristics fully absorbed the
shape characteristics of birds and the dynamic
characteristics of bird flight, even if the development
is achieved today, The shape of the airplane has
undergone great changes, but it still has a very
similar appearance to birds (Alekberli 2020). There
are also lightings that are widely used in modern
homes. Many lightings have been designed to absorb
some morphological features of lotus,
chrysanthemum and other plants. After extracting
them with simple lines, they are completely
transformed into the appearance of lighting, so In the
process of providing people with lighting, lamps and
lanterns also bring people a certain natural
experience (Laszlo 2017, Berg 2017). For example,
a lotus-like chandelier can bring a different kind of
vivid emotion that belongs to the lotus in the room.
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2.3 Metaphorical Abstraction
Although partial extraction and overall
generalization design have certain applications in
bionic design, in modern times, in order to meet the
needs of industrial production, the application of
bionic elements to most products is not so direct, but
after sufficient metaphorical abstraction. ,
Summarize some of the characteristics of biology
into unique colors, lines, and structures, and
transform into products with a higher degree of
integration with products, form, color and structure
(Gardan 2017). Metaphorical abstraction itself is a
step that must be implemented in bionic design. The
metaphorical abstraction mentioned here is more
used to express a deep and highly abstract form of
bionic design.
2.4 Observation Method
Observation method is the purposeful and planned
observation and observation of the existing products
and the behavior of consumers in the process of
using the products by the designer, so as to obtain
true and reliable information, find the shortcomings
of the product, and then carry out the improvement
design, and put the product on the market.
Observing in the environment is the most true and
reliable source of information (Kahn 2017).
3 EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
ON THE APPLICATION OF
BIONIC DESIGN ELEMENTS
IN THE DESIGN OF
CULTURAL AND CREATIVE
PRODUCTS
3.1 Investigation Direction
With the development of economy and the progress
of society, the current bionic cultural and creative
products are gradually attracting the attention of
consumers. The interesting, aesthetic, and
comfortable room bionic cultural and creative
products are increasingly interested by consumers
and willing to spend money on cultural and creative
products. key point. Cultural creative products are
no longer just ordinary commemorative products,
but also a product that attracts consumers' attention
and meets consumers' needs for culture and
creativity. Based on the survey of consumers’ needs,
this paper uses questionnaires to conduct detailed
questionnaire surveys, and examine consumers
demand for bionic cultural products by analyzing
consumers’ possession of bionic cultural and
creative products and consumer expectations of
bionic cultural and creative products. Trend, in order
to bring certain reference materials for the bionic
cultural and creative product market.
3.2 Sources of Experimental Data
Different ages, genders, and personalities have
different requirements for color, shape, function,
texture, and texture of bionic cultural creative
products. This survey analyzes people in the 20-30
age group, and analyzes men and women in this age
group. The demand for bionic cultural and creative
products, the reference value of purchasing power
and the opinions of young people, the expected
value of bionic creative cultural products; the
analysis of the degree of application of bionic
content such as the shape, function, color, texture
and texture of natural objects in indoor textiles is To
study the key points of the market practice of bionic
design and application, in this survey, a total of 650
questionnaires were distributed in a coastal city,
with 644 valid questionnaires, and the effective
questionnaire rate reached 98%. Among them, 388
were male questionnaires and 256 were female
questionnaires. In this way, we can better understand
the needs of consumers and strive for the usefulness,
detail and reliability of the questionnaire.
3.3 Reliability Analysis
Reliability analysis is an important process of
content analysis. Only through strict reliability
analysis can the content analysis results be reliable.
The reliability formula of content analysis used in
this study is:
kN
kn
×+
×
=
)1(1
R
(1)
In the formula, R stands for reliability, K refers
to the degree of mutual agreement between two
judges, and refers to the average of the degree of
mutual agreement between the judges. The formula
for calculating the K value is:
21
2
NN
M
K
+
=
(2)
M is the column that both agree completely, N1
is the number of columns analyzed by the first
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judge, and N2 is the number of columns analyzed by
the second judge.
4 ANALYSIS OF THE
EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS OF
THE APPLICATION OF
BIONIC DESIGN ELEMENTS
IN THE DESIGN OF
CULTURAL CREATIVE
PRODUCTS
4.1 Analysis of Ownership Rate of
Bionic Cultural and Creative
Products
With the development of the economy, my country’s
cultural and creative products have developed
rapidly. In particular, bionic cultural creativity has
been paid more and more attention. The light
industry in coastal areas is relatively developed,
which can be used for reference to the design of
bionic cultural and creative products in the country.
The results of the questionnaire are as follows Table
1 shows:
Table 1: Analysis table of experimental results.
Subject's attitude male female
Have 39 25
No 122 118
a bit less 156 78
More 45 21
Very much 26 14
It can be seen from the figure 1 that there are 240
people without bionic cultural and creative products,
accounting for 37% of the total, ranking first in
proportion.
The number of people who have relatively few
bionic cultural and creative products is 234,
accounting for 36% of the total number of people,
ranking second, and the number of people who have
a relatively large number of bionic creative cultural
products is 66, accounting for 10% of the total
number of people, ranking third. From this analysis,
it is concluded that most people have few or no
bionic cultural and creative products, and that bionic
cultural and creative products have considerable
market prospects in the entire cultural and creative
product market.
Figure 1: Analysis diagram of experimental results.
4.2 Analysis of Expected Value of
Bionic Cultural and Creative
Products
In response to a questionnaire survey of 644 bionic
cultural and creative products, this article also
analyzed the intention of purchasing types of bionic
cultural and creative products. Interviewed 644
experimental subjects to confirm their types of
bionic cultural and creative products. The results are
shown in Table 2:
Table 2: Questionnaire for purchase types.
Type of purchase male female
Decorations 63 98
Utility 156 108
Stationery 48 50
apparel 30 32
food 20 16
other 10 13
It can be seen from Figure 2 that 161 people
choose decorations, accounting for 25% of the total,
and 264 people choosing practical products account
for 41% of the total. The others are 98 for stationery,
62 for clothing, 36 for food, and 23 for the other,
corresponding to the experiment. The subject's
investigation of the types of bionic cultural and
creative products' purchase intentions found that
tourists' purchase of cultural and creative products is
mainly based on practicality, so bionic cultural and
creative products should be based on practical
product development.
39
122
156
45
26
25
118
78
21
14
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50
100
150
200
Have No a bit
less
More Very
much
Number of people
Subject’s attitude
male female
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Figure 2: Survey chart of purchase types
5 CONCLUSIONS
Design comes from life and nature. This article takes
this as the starting point, and uses the questionnaire
method to conduct detailed interviews with
consumers, gain insights into consumers’ demand
for bionic cultural and creative products, and visit
cultural creativity. Product prospects and bionic
design bring fashion, interest and vividness to the
product. Personalized bionic cultural and creative
products have become an inevitable trend. However,
there are still some shortcomings in this experiment.
For example, the age of the experimental subjects
tends to be younger and cannot represent consumers
as a whole, and the experiment is actually carried
out in a relatively relaxed environment. The actual
environment may be very different from the
experimental environment, and the environment may
also be It is one of the factors that affect the
purchase demand. These are not considered. We
hope that further improvements will be made in
subsequent experiments to make the experiment
more universal.
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