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…
Author: 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Kinematics
Kinematics is a system for 4D printing that creates complex, foldable forms composed of articulated modules. The system provides a way to turn…
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…
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…