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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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art

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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science & nature / 02.19.2011

dendritic solidification

Here’s a new project we are working on. It is based on a simulation of solidification in supercooled liquids. As the liquid turns…

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collaboration / 02.18.2011

job opportunity – work @ nervous system!

We are looking to hire a generative designer full-time to work with us at Nervous System. Here’s the job description. —- Nervous System…

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design / 02.09.2011

making an awesome tradeshow booth – attempt #2

We’re back from NYC where we exhibited our products at the New York International Gift Fair for the second time! We had booth…

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collaboration / 02.05.2011

Trivetz – collaboration with Modern Twist

We designed these tiling silicone rubber trivets with Modern Twist last year. They will finally be for sale in April through our website…

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jewelry / 02.04.2011

nervous system @ MoMA design store

We visited the design store at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC yesterday and are happy to announce that our jewelry is…

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Uncategorized / 01.31.2011

come visit us at NYIGF booth #4000!

come visit us at NYIGF booth #4000!, originally uploaded by nervous system. We are exhibiting our new collection, Hyphae, as well as 7…

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3dprinting / 01.07.2011

custom cell cycle designs

These pieces were designed by customers using our online Cell Cycle application which allows anyone to create their own designs by working with…

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design / 01.06.2011

Xylem experiments and improvements

We have been working on the system we used to create the Xylem line in preparation for making a new collection of 3D…

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inspiration / 12.30.2010

ammonite suture patterns

For the holidays, Jesse gave me a 110 million year old fossil Ammonite. It’s a Cleoniceras Ammonite to be specific, found in Madagascar.…

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jewelry / 12.16.2010

holiday shipping deadlines

There is still time to get your Nervous System holiday orders in!  To insure Christmas delivery, please get your order in by Dec…

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