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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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3dprinting / 03.25.2015

prototyping with the Form 1+

We recently welcomed a Form 1+ 3D-printer to our office. Even though we have 5 (?!?) FDM printers in our office, we never…

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co-creating with Nervous System / 03.04.2015

Co-Creating with Nervous System: Designing with Radiolaria

In our previous co-creator features, we’ve looked at 3D-printed designs from our Cell Cycle and Kinematics apps. This month, we’re sharing pieces created…

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science & nature / 02.27.2015

a curious case of ice terraces

Here in Boston, we’ve been blanketed by a record-breaking 100+ inches of snow. It has been too cold for any of it to…

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clothing / 02.17.2015

Kinematics Dress now on display at MoMA

The Kinematics Dress is on display for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It is part…

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science & nature / 02.12.2015

structures that unfold like flowers

Inside a bud, a flower’s petals lie in wait, a tight bundle of compressed tissue. When the conditions are right, they burst forth,…

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jewelry / 02.06.2015

One-of-a-Kind Somethings for Your One-of-a-Kind Someone

Still searching for a Valentine’s Day gift? How about a one-of-a-kind for your one-of-a-kind? We’ve generated a new crop of Full Moon necklaces…

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science & nature / 02.02.2015

floraform – 5 point growth

I rendered this animation last night of one of my favorite floraform pieces we’ve generated so far. It exhibits an odd, spiraling, 5-form…

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3dprinting / 01.26.2015

Co-Creating with Nervous System–January 2015

We’ve seen a great variety of custom Cell Cycle designs over the years, but this month’s co-creator spotlight reminds us that sometimes, simple…

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3dprinting / 01.05.2015

Second Kinematics Dress debuts at CES

We will debut our second Kinematics Dress at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. The dress will be…

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3dprinting / 12.09.2014

MoMA Acquires First Kinematics Dress

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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