Making blood vessels with 3D-printed sugar
Nervous System collaborated with bioengineers at Rice University to create complex blood vessel networks using generative design and 3D-printed sugar. In a paper…
Category: 3dprinting
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…
Nervous System collaborates with New Balance on 990S shoes
Nervous System collaborated with New Balance on the new 990 Sport TripleCell sneakers which have 3D printed heels. We have been working with…
Nervous System collaborates on new 3D-printed organ research published on cover of Science
We founded Nervous System in 2007 with the goal of adapting algorithms and strategies from nature into new ways to design products; but…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…