**1. Introduction**

Design has been exploring artistic fields; however, its practice has been neglecting other fields of knowledge. The multifactor nature of current challenges is paving the way for wider perspectives about the practice of design [1]. Therefore, in recent years, biology has entered the design field as a discipline of inspiration and manufacture [2–4], through analogy [5–7] and abstraction-based design models and processes [8–10]. However, in contrast with other sciences, the design field is coined with a fragmentation of its body of knowledge, which makes it harder to solidify new discoveries into a standardised practice [1, 11]. Therefore, it is paramount to foster a simple language upon which further methodologies can be built on, increasing the design-led practitioners to solve planetary challenges in a more

comprehensive way. In terms of creativity, the practice needs a build-up and a more concrete approach that could deviate the field from the elite, highly qualified toptier ranks of organisations [12].
