Introducing Floraform, the latest generative design system from Nervous System. Floraform is inspired by the biomechanics of growing leaves and blooming flowers and explores the development of surfaces through differential […]
One of our favorite books from last year is Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. The book is written from the perspective of a biologist on a scientific expedition to Area X, […]
Kinematics is a system for 4D printing that creates complex, foldable forms composed of articulated modules. The system provides a way to turn any three-dimensional shape into a flexible structure […]
Most of our projects start with a natural inspiration, but Kinematics emerged from a very different perspective. This project started with a technical problem: how can we create large objects […]
In order to generate the price of a custom design on the fly, we need to calculate the volume of the piece for 3d printing. By constantly updating the volume, […]
Recently, I came across a neat data structure called a pairing heap. Now, if you’re not familiar with the term heap it can sound confusing. That’s because it doesn’t mean much. […]
We’ve just released a new Processing 2.0 library for exporting OBJ and X3D mesh files. And it supports color meshes! Now you can export color models for 3D-printing with same […]
The next iteration of the surface meshing algorithm from the previous post is surface remeshing. Surface meshing is the process of taking an existing mesh and generating a new mesh […]
reset A common problem we come across is needing to make meshes of complex surfaces. This can be done with many different approaches, but regardless of the method, it is […]
This week I revamped the automatic post-processing of puzzle files. Previously, there was a lot of manual work that had to be done to the file before they were ready […]