“The role of the visionary is to guide, direct and chart new courses for the world. The paths to the future are not to be found, but to be created and the act of creation will change both the creator and the destination”— the view issue 95

THE CONCEPT

By looking at nature in a different way, she can open our eyes to ingenious systems and ways of life. Nature can inspire us towards inventive designs and productive, successful collaborations. Also for fashion, nature can be a great inspiration, especially for the use of materials and smarter constructions. Fast developing techniques such as 3D printing, can help us by giving the possibility to approach nature’s shapes even more closely.

Nature functions as no other in the use of sources, collaborations and bundling forces. The insight that nature gives us can be used for a new way of approaching design.

“The bible reads: carry each other’s burdens. And

not: you carry everything and I carry nothing. It

means: if everyone acts like this, everyone will carry

an equal load. The axiom of constant stress is there-

fore very important in case of leading teams. If one

carries a heavy work load compared to others, but

receives an equal or even a lower wage, that person

will get angry and will be a weak link. I guess that

it is fully alive in society, this axiom of fairness, of

equal sharing of burdens. Sociologists should go into

that and see whether the effect of this natural insight,

which has been in development for millions of years

of evolution, is also applicable to other areas and

perhaps even could lead to a strategy for reaching

world peace or the like.”

Claus Mattheck.

THE PHILOSOPHY

The bundling of forces or das Axiom der Fairness can be found on all levels. I have placed them in four subgroups and used them throughout my collection: within, together, symbiose and surroundings.

SYMBIOSE SURROUNDINGS

COLLABORATIONS wITH OTHER DISCPLINES.

INTERACTION BETwEEN AN INDIvIDUAL AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.

wITHIN TOGETHER

THE FORCES wITHIN AN ORGANISM.

COLLABORATIONS wITHIN A GROUP.

The idea for this shoe highlights the aesthetics and the shape of the bird skull, along with the character-istics of the lightweight and highly differentiated bone structure within the cranium. Such structure requires less support material, resulting in optimal efficiency, strength and elegance.

BIOMIMICRY SHOE

car·ri·er (kr-r)one that transports or conveys: baggage carriers; a message carrier.

OBJECTS AND MATERIALS

Marieka Ratsma, 2012