Biomimicry in Fashion

DESIGN 289 | Winter 2025

Fashion is one of the largest and most impactful industries in the world — employing, polluting and touching human lives at a scale that is difficult to fathom.

When designing clothing, what can we learn from prehistoric fossils, and how can we integrate these forms into fashion through biomimicry?

Timeline: 1 week

Materials: cardboard, disposable plates, coffee stirrers, popsicle sticks, toothpicks, wire, paper streamers, hot glue, clay, muslin, aluminum foil