Nature-inspired design: Frank Gehry’s Cross Check Chair - a podcast by The Open University

Nature has always been an inspiration for designers, both for its beautiful forms but also for the ways it solves problems. Here Emma Curtis, of the Design Museum, introduces the idea of using organic or nature-inspired forms in design.

Further episodes of Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably? - for iPod/iPhone

Further podcasts by The Open University

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