{"id":166,"date":"2011-03-23T19:30:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T19:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2022-12-13T20:39:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T20:39:49","slug":"incredible-creatures-that-define-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/incredible-creatures-that-define-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Incredible Creatures That DEFINE DESIGN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Incredible Creatures That Define Design | Trailer | Steve Greisen | Rossi Morreale\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MxgVav_W6hs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Production is underway on a new series called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/incredible-creatures-that-define-design\/\">Incredible Creatures That DEFINE DESIGN<\/a>.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_3-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_3-2.png 754w, https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_3-2-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Shooting was underway last week with Host Rossi Morealle (Discovery Channel \u201cJunkyard Wars\u201d , CMT\u2019s \u201cCan You Duet\u201d, Military Channel \u201cHeart of The Machine\u201d) in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_1-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_1-3.png 756w, https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_1-3-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on a concept called Biomimicry, a process of examining nature to take inspiration from in order to solve human problems.&nbsp;<br>\u201cThis series will focus on products that have been invented &nbsp;because someone paid attention to an idea they saw in nature\u201d says series producer Steve Greisen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_2-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_2-3.png 754w, https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_2-3-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea for the series started years ago when Greisen was doing a story on the Gecko foot. The design of this foot had long been a mystery dating back over 3000 years with Aristotle marveling at its ability to run upside down and not fall. While talking with researchers at the University of California, Berkeley who had finished the last piece of research on the foot, Greisen asked \u201cso what do you do with this information?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_4-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_4-2.png 635w, https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_4-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_4-2-420x280.png 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The researchers said that they would pass these discoveries on to industry and sometimes they are used in new products.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_5-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_5-3.png 639w, https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_5-3-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGod is clearly the designer of our amazing world, and we only need to look a little deeper to find inspiration. Looks like we found it again!\u201d Greisen says with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Here are some more pictures from our shoot:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/001_4047_01.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MG_9933.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/001_4176_01.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0002.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/001_4018_01.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MG_9937.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/001_3922_01.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MG_9799.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/001_4169_01.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Production is underway on a new series called \u201cIncredible Creatures That DEFINE DESIGN.\u201d Shooting was underway last week with Host Rossi Morealle (Discovery Channel \u201cJunkyard Wars\u201d , CMT\u2019s \u201cCan You Duet\u201d, Military Channel \u201cHeart of The Machine\u201d) in Colorado Springs. 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