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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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featured

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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news / 11.29.2012

Holiday Shipping and Return Information

The Holidays can get pretty hectic so we’ve put together some important information about last chance shipping dates and extensions to our return…

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design / 11.29.2012

Radiolaria – our latest web-based design app is now available!

Radiolaria, our latest web-based design app is now available! Radiolaria lets you manipulate a web of connected cells to create a huge variety…

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inspiration / 11.19.2012

nervous system’s reef

I’ve always been fascinated by coral. At first, for the otherworldly environments they create on the ocean floor. And later, for a whole…

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software / 11.05.2012

Loading 3D models in WebGL

For a new app we’re working on, we finally came upon the task of loading external 3D geometry. I wanted to store and…

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furniture / 10.18.2012

what we’ve been up to

Lately, we share a lot of snapshots of what we are working on in the studio on Instagram (username: nervous_jessica). But maybe you…

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press / 10.17.2012

Nervous System in video and print

Shapeways produced a short video on us! The video was filmed by Stephan Malik who showed up direct from the airport with nothing…

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3dprinting / 10.01.2012

nervous system @ room 68 in Jamaica Plain on 10/4!

Please join Nervous System this Thursday October, 4th for an exclusive 3d-printing event at Room 68 in Jamaica Plain from 6 to 8pm!…

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news / 09.28.2012

Introducing Engineering Crewman First-Class Nathan!

Hello followers of Nervous System!  My name is Nathan, and I just started work at Nervous System as an Engineering Crewman First-Class!  Jessica…

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jobs / 09.21.2012

Now hiring: Studio Coordinator @ Nervous System

We are looking to hire a full-time studio coordinator at Nervous System. Job responsibilities include a mixture of administrative, creative and research tasks.…

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3dprinting / 09.18.2012

New seasonal colors: turquoise and red

Last month we asked our fans on facebook what color they would like us to add to our jewelry collection. The overwhelming majority…

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