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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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art

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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collaboration / 09.07.2021

Baffling Bubbles Puzzles: Nervous System X Chris Yates

Baffling Bubbles is a brain bending wooden puzzle brought to you by Nervous System and artist Chris Yates. Each colorful bubble is a…

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3dprinting / 08.11.2021

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…

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puzzles / 05.12.2021

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…

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news / 04.01.2021

Nervous System goes solar

Exciting news! Nervous System’s production is now powered by the sun! Our 35 kilowatt solar array went online on March 23, 2021. The…

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architecture / 11.27.2020

Corollaria Railing

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 / 11.24.2020

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…

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co-creating with Nervous System / 11.17.2020

mini mushroom, rainbow and magic shape custom puzzles

Our latest puzzle update is all about unique shapes. For the holidays Nervous System is releasing new wood jigsaw puzzles including: giftable mini…

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puzzles / 07.14.2020

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…

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nervousResidency / 06.10.2020

Nervous System Residency: Rosa Weinberg

With our move to the Catskills, we’ve decided to start hosting artist residencies at our new place in the mountains. Our friend Rosa…

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art / 02.24.2020

Puzzle Cell Complex: a sculpture for Construct3D

We were invited to Construct3D, a conference on digital fabrication and education, to make an art piece that could be collaboratively created with…

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