Designing the Future by Learning from Nature
Franco Lodato aligns cutting-edge technology with sustainable practices, creating impactful products and experiences that resonate with both users and the environment.
Most innovation today ignores nature’s time-tested principles.
The result? Wasteful products. Unsustainable systems. Missed opportunities.
Without nature-inspired design, your product risks becoming just another iteration, not a breakthrough.
Are you struggling to differentiate in an oversaturated market?
Are your ESG or innovation teams lacking a clear strategy?
Are you reinventing the wheel, when nature already solved it?
Are your teams siloed between design, sustainability, and manufacturing?
Bio-Inspired Solutions for Tomorrow's Challenges
Turn complexity into elegant simplicity
Improve product performance while lowering environmental impact
Align with ESG goals and circular economy practices
Reduce prototyping cycles through bio-inspired abstraction
Deliver meaningful innovation with long-term value
Tap into a proven creative framework that links strategy, engineering, and soul
With over 30 years of global experience, 70+ patents, and leadership roles at Pininfarina, DuPont, Gillette, Herman Miller, Motorola, and Masimo, Franco Lodato is a world-renowned pioneer in biomimicry and sustainable innovation.
He’s advised Fortune 100s, built iconic products, and taught design at MIT and the University of Montreal.
Franco understands the pressure to innovate, but believes nature has already solved your hardest problems. His role is to help you translate them into a business advantage.
Franco Lodato delivers human-centered innovation inspired by nature
How can we work together
1. Discovery
Clarify your product or strategy challenge and explore opportunities through the lens of biomimicry and sustainability.
2. Nature-Inspired Framework
Franco translates natural intelligence into scalable design strategies—bridging concept, engineering, and ESG.
3. Guided Execution
From concept to market, Franco supports your team with product development, IP direction, material strategy, manufacturing, and go-to-market alignment.
