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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 / 02.29.2016

Kinematic Petals Dress debuts at MFA

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) commissioned Nervous System to create a new dress for the exhibition #techstyle, which runs from March 6 through July…

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3dprinting / 01.05.2016

New from our lab: Kinematics Ties

Ever since we introduced our Kinematics project, people have been asking us to make a Kinematics necktie. Well, the day has finally arrived.…

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3dprinting / 12.31.2015

custom engagement rings made with code, 3D-printing and diamonds

Last year we produced our first engagement ring with a gemstone. This year we took on more custom jewelry projects. Here are two…

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design / 12.21.2015

experiments with generative wood inlay

Each year we try to give our family gifts we have made for the holidays. This year we decided to design something new,…

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3dprinting / 11.30.2015

Data-customized midsoles with New Balance

Nervous System is working with New Balance to develop functional 3D-printed midsoles for performance running shoes. We have created proprietary systems to generate…

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jewelry / 11.19.2015

one-of-a-kind series back in stock

We’ve generated new batches of our Full Moon and Coral series necklaces. Tiny circles of varying sizes are aggregated into complex configurations that…

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3dprinting / 11.17.2015

New from our lab: Calyx and Bromeliad Lamps

We are launching two new limited edition lamps, the Calyx and Bromeliad. These flower and leaf-inspired lights are the first Hyphae lamps we…

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news / 11.13.2015

Nervous System Holiday Ordering Deadlines

Holidays are coming! To ensure that your items arrive by December 24, please make sure you place your order by these dates Order…

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3dprinting / 09.10.2015

a tale of 7 kinematics dresses: a red dress, a museum acquisition, + 5 more

Our Kinematics project creates a new workflow that examines how technology can be used to make fashion in the future by combining body scans +…

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3dprinting / 08.21.2015

growing objects – 3D-printed zoetropes

“Growing Objects” is a series of kinetic sculptures that illustrate algorithmic growth processes. Inspired by 19th century zoetropes, these interactive sculptures consist of…

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