Design Lessons from Nature

First edition. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the title page. In a sequence of carefully planned drawings and design projects, this innovative book encourages the artist-reader to analyze not only the forms but the structural principles that underlie the forms of natural objects, from seed pods to skeletons. Contains 112 drawings, prints, constructions, rubbings, and other artistic responses to the forms discussed, plus more than 40 scientific diagrams. Some small tears to dust jacket. 159+ 1 pages. cloth, dust jacket. small 4to..