Introduction Foreword: Reinventing Nature Antoine Picon Part 1: Design Research in Practice 1. Bioconstructivisms Detlef Mertins Case Study - Trans-disciplinary Research Practice: Contemporary Case Studies 2. Design Research in Practice: A New Model Part 2: Design Computation Tools for Architecture and Science 3. Networking: Elasticity and Branching Morphogenesis 4. Motility: Adaptive Architecture and Personalized Medicine 5. Surface Design: The Mammary Gland as Model of Architectural Connectivity Case Study - In Form and Measure: Digitized Dance Choreographies of Cellular Motility Case Study - Motility and the Observation of Change Case Study - Microfabrication: Spatializing Cell Signaling and Sensing Mechanisms 6. BioInspired Materials & Design Part 3: Architectural Prototyping 7. The New Science of Making by Mario Carpo 8.

Matter Design Computation: Biosynthesis and New Paradigms of Making Project - Branching Morphogenesis Project - Ground Substance Workshop - Nonlinear Systems Biology and Design Part 4: Personalized Architecture and Medicine 9. eSkin: Bioinspired Adaptive Materials 10. myThread Pavilion Interview: Re-Defining Medical Education, Research + Practice through Design Conclusion Biographies Image Credits Index.