3D-printed nylon, petal pink
Photo by Rachel Tine
This video shows 3 specific generative growth processes for 3 pieces of jewelry in our Floraform collection. Floraform is insp…
Floraform is a generative design project by Nervous System inspired by the biomechanics of growing leaves and blooming flowers. It…
Floraform is a simulation of a differentially growing elastic surface that we created to explore how biological systems create for…
3D-printed nylon
The physics of the surface are based on “Discrete Shells” by Eitan Grinspun, et al. Each edge of the mesh is modelled as a spring…
Point-based growth – The center of the hemisphere is emitting growth signal and is the fastest area of expansion. Overtime it bifu…
a hemisphere growing uniformly produces a wrinkled surface
Line-based growth – The center of the hemisphere is emitting growth signal and is the fastest area of expansion. Overtime it expan…
Edge-based growth – The edge of the hemisphere is emitting growth signal and is the fastest area of expansion.