Toyota Dream Car Art Contest - Using Biomimicry to Design a Dream Car

In this lesson, students design a dream car and create an artwork to represent their ideas that will be submitted to the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest). This contest encourages and inspires creative expression and imagination in students – some amazing ideas are born from dreams! Students investigate biomimicry as a design principle and design a dream car that incorporates features inspired by nature. They begin by examining what biomimicry is and work in groups to research examples of biomimicry. Students will then follow a design process to develop their own ideas for their car, beginning with brainstorming ideas and then creating a concept drawing of their car. Students then refine their ideas and transform their concept drawing into an artwork that can be submitted to the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest.