• Art as Exploration

  • Creations that invite conversation & reflection.

  • Science as Structure

  • Learning from nature, we link concepts across disciplines, exploring tiny structures and vast systems.

Book:
Imagining the Self

What do you want your future to be?

Self-reflect on such questions with Imagining the Self: An art and science exploration of transformation.

Looking forward to building brilliant futures with you all.

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Work in progress

Living Patterns

Each project begins with a question, letting curiosity guide the process.

Biology informs blueprint as we move between research and creation.

About the Artist

Kira explores living systems and is informed by ten years of landscape design experience, technical tools and collaborations in art, science, technology, and business.

Connecting ideas across disciplines, Kira’s research and creations invite reflection on our evolving relationship with life.

Adaptive Ecosystems

We offer illustration and technical drawings through a collaborative process that includes insights from scientists and innovators.

Approach

We draw in vector, and our illustrations can be translated into physical objects via CNC machining and 3D printing.

Through art, writing, and knowledge-sharing, we help other professionals share their craft.

Reflections of light
Algae imaging

Art:

Diatom Lanterns

How can diatoms inspire lanterns and light-based art?

Diatom Lanterns is a series of sculptural lights inspired by microscopic algae, tiny organisms that grow shells of glass (SiO2).

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Art:

Imagining the Self

How does nature transform?

Imagining the Self is a book about change, how we adapt to our environment and reshape ourselves in the process.

Sharing stories and illustrations, it offers tools for navigating transformation with intention.

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Free Worksheets

Infographics

Biomimicry:

This website includes infographics that will help you work with science and living systems.

Developed in collaborations with technical experts and designers, these resources can help you align projects that work with both nature and technology.

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The Biomimicry Process
Life-Friendly Chemistry

Partners

Lichen Labs

Biology expertise, materials science, and microscopes.

Lightcraft Design

Bringing colour and light to festivals in Alberta and BC.

Moment Discovery

The theory and practice of emerging technologies.

Big sparkly toys.

NatuRnD

Exploring nature-based solutions through research, education, and action.

B-Hive

A group of biomimicry specialists who share expertise and build collaborative projects.

Biomimicry Alberta

Alberta’s community of practice.

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Adaptive Ecosystems is found on the banks of the river kisiskâciwanisîpiy, which brings water, forest, fresh air, and uncountable benefits to the beings that live in and along it, including humans. We acknowledge this place as the home and meeting place of many Indigenous Peoples.