lamps designed by students in MIT 4.031 design objects
This blog post is cross-posted from the Design Objects blog. Since Spring 2016, I’ve been teaching at MIT as part of the architecture department’s new design minor. This semester I’m […]
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Coral-inspired installation for Summit At Sea
We created a large-scale art installation inspired by local coral reefs for Summit at Sea last year. Summit at Sea was an event that brought together 3,000 artists, activists, and […]
Geode, Maze, and Custom Jigsaw Puzzles
Geode is the latest fiendishly difficult jigsaw puzzle from “the monsters” who created the Infinite Galaxy Puzzle (that’s us!). It features a new style of puzzle cut we’re calling Maze, […]
New Kinematics Dresses for Artificiella Ikoner exhibit
Nervous System created two new 3D-printed dresses for the exhibit Artificiella Ikoner at Nordiska Kompaniet (NK) in Stockholm. We worked with designers from Swedish advertising agency Garbergs for the project, which “explores the […]
Floraform Chandelier at World Expo 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan
Floraform Chandelier, 2017 (1.1 x 1.1 x .53 m), Selectively Laser Sintered nylon, wood and LED lighting. We recently returned from Kazakhstan, where we debuted the largest 3D-printed piece Nervous […]
Kinematics Link Bodice
A few years ago, we started thinking about applying the design+simulation techniques of our Kinematics system to other types of textile structures like chainmail. The Kinematics Dress is made up […]
the Infinity Puzzle: a new kind of jigsaw puzzle
Have you ever done a puzzle that has no beginning or end? Where you don’t know up from down? Get lost in the infinite galaxy puzzle. The infinity puzzles are […]
Corollaria jewelry collection
Corollaria is an algorithmic jewelry collection by Nervous System, composed of intricate lattice structures in brass and rubber. It is the spiritual successor to Radiolaria, the very first jewelry collection […]
New Kinematic Petals Dress debuts at Powerhouse Museum
The Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences in Sydney, Australia commissioned Nervous System to create a new Kinematics Dress for their exhibit, Out of Hand: Materializing the Digital, which runs […]
Printing Porcelain in 3D
This winter, we found out about a kickstarter for new 3D-printable ceramic called Porcelite by Tethon3D. Though we are often skeptical of kickstarters, especially in the 3D printing space, we […]