Trophy for Automattic Design Award
We were honored to be invited by John Maeda to design the trophy for the Automattic Design Awards this year. This is the first edition of the Automattic Design Awards […]
Category Archives: 3dprinting
Porifera – 3D printed ceramic jewelry
Porifera is a new jewelry collection by Nervous System inspired by the forms of deep-sea glass sponges and made in a new 3D-printed ceramic material. It is the result of […]
Self Forming Structures: An Exploration into 3D Printing on Pre-stretched Fabric
Hello! My name is Gabe Fields, and I spent the month of January this year as an intern at Nervous System. I worked on an exploratory project to create self-forming […]
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 making of a Kinematics Dress on Dutch TV
Ever wanted to get a closer look at what goes into making one of our 3D-printed Kinematics dresses? We recently had the opportunity to team up with our partners at […]
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 […]
Two New Engagement Rings
We’ve continued to enjoy collaborating with clients on custom engagement rings during the first half of 2016. Here are two recently finished designs we wanted to share. single-layer cellular ring […]
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 […]