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Category Archives: design

Corollaria Railing

11.27.2020by Jessica 3 Comments

When we moved to the Catskills and built our new studio, we splurged on one item in our construction: a railing that acts as a sculptural element winding through the […]

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architecture, design

mini mushroom, rainbow and magic shape custom puzzles

11.17.2020by Jessica Leave a comment

Our latest puzzle update is all about unique shapes. For the holidays Nervous System is releasing new wood jigsaw puzzles including: giftable mini puzzles, a large colorful rainbow puzzle, and […]

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co-creating with Nervous System, design, puzzles

Nervous System collaborates on new 3D-printed organ research published on cover of Science

05.02.2019by Jessica 3 Comments

We founded Nervous System in 2007 with the goal of adapting algorithms and strategies from nature into new ways to design products; but we never imagined we’d have the opportunity […]

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3dprinting, collaboration, design, science & nature

Nervous System T-shirts

04.23.2019by Jessica Leave a comment

We’re celebrating 12 years of craft + computation at Nervous System with our first t-shirt! You can purchase it now in unisex and womens shirt styles here. Two generative patterns! […]

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clothing

Trophy for Automattic Design Award

12.16.2018by Jessica 1 Comment

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 […]

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3dprinting, design

Earth and Moon Puzzles

11.08.2018by Jessica 18 Comments

Explore the Earth and Moon through our mind-bending, never-ending jigsaw puzzles. The Earth Puzzle is a map of the globe unlike any you’ve seen before. Start anywhere and see where […]

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design

Coral Cup

Featuredby Jessica 1 Comment

The Coral Cup is a new design from Nervous System. Computationally-generated and handcrafted in porcelain, the Coral Cup is inspired by the form of brain coral. The project is a […]

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design, housewares

Porifera – 3D printed ceramic jewelry

05.16.2018by Jessica 2 Comments

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 […]

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3dprinting, jewelry, software

Coral-inspired installation for Summit At Sea

10.30.2017by Jessica Leave a comment

We created a large-scale art installation inspired by local coral reefs for Summit at Sea last year. Summit at Sea was an event that brought together 3,000 artists, activists, and […]

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art, design, events

New Kinematics Dresses for Artificiella Ikoner exhibit

09.22.2017by Jessica Leave a comment

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 […]

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3dprinting, clothing, events

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