Lizard Infinity Puzzle™
Have you ever done a puzzle that has no beginning or end? Can you tame the Lizard Infinity Puzzle™? Hundreds of unique lizards come together to form this extra challenging puzzle. […]
Author Archives: Jesse Louis-Rosenberg
the secret to clean laser cutting: Designing a better laser nozzle using 3D-printing
People often ask us for tips on how to make lasercut jigsaw puzzles. In fact, our most popular blog post is on our quest for the perfect plywood for lasercutting. […]
Herding Cats – the purr-fect jigsaw puzzle
We’ve combined all of our prowess in computation and fabrication to bring you the ultimate cat jigsaw puzzle! Herding Cats is a technicolor cat puzzle with dozens of cats hiding among […]
new Spiral Puzzles
The Spiral Puzzle is a twist on traditional jigsaw puzzles. Usually you begin a puzzle by assembling the edge pieces and then work inwards. However, with the Spiral Puzzles, the […]
Goodbye Boston, Hello Catskills
Nervous System Moves to the Catskills Big news! We are relocating from Somerville, MA, our home for the last 8 years, to the Catskills in New York. Our new studio will be within […]
Floraform – an exploration of differential growth
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 […]
an animated tribute to the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer
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
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 […]
The Making of Kinematics
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 […]
Calculating the volume of a mesh
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, […]