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Crafting Radiolaria Sculptures – from microscopic life to art

11.20.2025

We’ve created a set of 4 limited edition Radiolarian sculptures that are now available in our shop. These limited edition sculptures are inspired…

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collaboration

We’re Starting a Patreon!

07.15.2024

We’ve decided to start a Patreon, where you can get a subscription to… well us! It seems long overdue to have some way…

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art

Xylem Arbor

04.05.2024

We recently created our first large scale public artwork. Soaring to a height of 120′, Xylem Arbor is an aggregation of bent metal…

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Corollaria Gyroid for Albany Airport

10.19.2023

Corollaria Gyroid is a sculpture created by Nervous System for the Albany International Airport which explores the connections between mathematics and the natural…

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Yellow Moon Gyroid

10.06.2022

Yellow moon gyroid is a sculpture we created to honor the work of mathematician Alan Schoen. It is now permanently installed at the…

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architecture

Corollaria Railing

11.27.2020

When we moved to the Catskills and built our new studio, we splurged on one item in our construction: a railing that acts…

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3dprinting

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

05.02.2019

We founded Nervous System in 2007 with the goal of adapting algorithms and strategies from nature into new ways to design products; but…

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Geode, Maze, and Custom Jigsaw Puzzles

10.24.2017

Geode is the latest fiendishly difficult jigsaw puzzle from “the monsters” who created the Infinite Galaxy Puzzle (that’s us!). It features a new…

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3dprinting

MoMA Acquires First Kinematics Dress

12.09.2014

We have created the first dress with Kinematics, our 4D printing system for generating complex, foldable forms. The Museum of Modern Art has…

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3dprinting / 06.20.2013

Summer Updates!

We’ve been working hard the past few months and are excited to share some details on a few of the projects and events…

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events / 05.14.2013

Nervous System at ICFF 2013

In a few days we’re headed to New York City for our sixth International Contemporary Furniture Fair. We are exhibiting our work at…

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collaboration / 04.03.2013

Upcoming Nervous System Events in Boston

We’re doing several fun events in the upcoming month, and we wanted to tell you about them. 3D Printing Night @Room 68 —…

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puzzles / 04.02.2013

two new extra challenging generative puzzles

We’re continuing our efforts to enhance traditional jigsaw puzzle craft using new technologies. Today we’re releasing a new series of jigsaw puzzles that…

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jewelry / 03.29.2013

new seasonal colors: neons

Introducing our new seasonal colors: neon yellow and neon pink! Our 3d-printed jewelry designs are now available in these electric hues. We’ve also…

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computation / 03.28.2013

Data structures: Pairing Heap

Recently, I came across a neat data structure called a pairing heap. Now, if you’re not familiar with the term heap it can sound…

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clothing / 03.27.2013

Nervous System x Constrvct collection

Ever since we started Nervous System back in 2007, I’ve wanted to make clothing. Generative jewelry is great, but a complete generative outfit…

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photography / 03.26.2013

learning to scuba dive

Ever since I was little, I’ve wanted to explore the ocean. Images of coral reefs and video of deep sea explorers captured my…

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furniture / 03.16.2013

updates from Nervous System: radiolaria table, 2-color 3d-printing and more

We’re following through with our promise to add tables to the Radiolaria app. Soon you will be able to design your own cellular…

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software / 03.13.2013

OBJExport library – export color meshes from Processing

We’ve just released a new Processing 2.0 library for exporting OBJ and X3D mesh files. And it supports color meshes! Now you can…

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