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explorations in generative design and natural phenomena

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2026 6

  1. Kaaterskill Falls Puzzle
  2. Cloud Flora
  3. nervous system presents: “Code, Light and Form” exhibit for Upstate Weekend
  4. New Large Piece Animal Puzzles
  5. Jellyfish Bloom Puzzle
  6. Nervous System collaborates with scientists to create 3D bioprinted liver in ARPA-H award

2025 8

  1. Holiday Sale – 20% off
  2. New puzzles: Bioluminescence and Ocean Tapestry
  3. Crafting Radiolaria Sculptures – from microscopic life to art
  4. Meet the Flummoxagon
  5. Open Studio – August 16th, 10am to 4pm
  6. Award Plaques for CMU’s STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
  7. Unique puzzle cuts inspired by nature
  8. Séguy’s Papillons: a series of wooden butterfly puzzles

2024 7

  1. Dog Pack Puzzle + new mini puzzles
  2. We’re Starting a Patreon!
  3. A Hoot of Many Colors – a wooden puzzle for birders
  4. the Eclipse Puzzle
  5. Xylem Arbor
  6. Neuron and Mycoplasma Puzzles with art by David S. Goodsell
  7. Corollaria Branch for MIT

2023 6

  1. Bismuth Crystal Puzzle and the Matrix Cut
  2. Reaction Jewelry
  3. Corollaria Gyroid for Albany Airport
  4. Spectre Tile fun
  5. Spectre Tile Set
  6. New York Times profile on Nervous System!

2022 8

  1. Trophy Design for Formlabs Impact Awards 2022
  2. Marbling Infinity Puzzles
  3. Yellow Moon Gyroid
  4. Artist in Residency: Sage Jenson (mxsage)
  5. new Wooden Chess Puzzle
  6. Puzzle Cell Table Lamp
  7. Bodysuit for Grimes – collaboration with Asher Levine
  8. Puzzle Cell Lamp

2021 4

  1. Baffling Bubbles Puzzles: Nervous System X Chris Yates
  2. Making blood vessels with 3D-printed sugar
  3. Lizard Infinity Puzzle™
  4. Nervous System goes solar

2020 6

  1. Corollaria Railing
  2. the secret to clean laser cutting: Designing a better laser nozzle using 3D-printing
  3. mini mushroom, rainbow and magic shape custom puzzles
  4. Herding Cats – the purr-fect jigsaw puzzle
  5. Nervous System Residency: Rosa Weinberg
  6. Puzzle Cell Complex: a sculpture for Construct3D

2019 7

  1. new Spiral Puzzles
  2. Nervous System open studio this weekend in the Catskills
  3. Nervous System collaborates with New Balance on 990S shoes
  4. Goodbye Boston, Hello Catskills
  5. Nervous System collaborates on new 3D-printed organ research published on cover of Science
  6. Nervous System T-shirts
  7. Xylem screens for Fairmount Park in Philadelphia

2018 7

  1. Trophy for Automattic Design Award
  2. Earth and Moon Infinity Puzzles ™
  3. Coral Cup
  4. nervous system summer sale!
  5. Porifera – 3D printed ceramic jewelry
  6. Infinite Galaxy Puzzle 2
  7. Self Forming Structures: An Exploration into 3D Printing on Pre-stretched Fabric

2017 6

  1. lamps designed by students in MIT 4.031 design objects
  2. Coral-inspired installation for Summit At Sea
  3. Geode, Maze, and Custom Jigsaw Puzzles
  4. New Kinematics Dresses for Artificiella Ikoner exhibit
  5. Floraform Chandelier at World Expo 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan
  6. Kinematics Link Bodice

2016 12

  1. the Infinity Puzzle™: a new kind of jigsaw puzzle
  2. The making of a Kinematics Dress on Dutch TV
  3. Corollaria jewelry collection
  4. New Kinematic Petals Dress debuts at Powerhouse Museum
  5. Co-Creating with Nervous System: Make it in color!
  6. Two New Engagement Rings
  7. Printing Porcelain in 3D
  8. Nervous System Gets UnGRIDDED: A New Series of Coloring Books and Notebooks
  9. 3D-Printed Kinematics Ties for Father’s Day
  10. Somerville Open Studios This Weekend!
  11. Kinematic Petals Dress debuts at MFA
  12. New from our lab: Kinematics Ties

2015 27

  1. custom engagement rings made with code, 3D-printing and diamonds
  2. experiments with generative wood inlay
  3. Data-customized midsoles with New Balance
  4. one-of-a-kind series back in stock
  5. New from our lab: Calyx and Bromeliad Lamps
  6. Nervous System Holiday Ordering Deadlines
  7. a tale of 7 kinematics dresses: a red dress, a museum acquisition, + 5 more
  8. growing objects – 3D-printed zoetropes
  9. Co-Creating with Nervous System – August 2015
  10. microscopic art jigsaw puzzles
  11. Design with Nervous System at MoMA Store Soho this Sunday
  12. hyphae experiments: autodesk ember and growing on the body
  13. Floraform – an exploration of differential growth
  14. an animated tribute to the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer
  15. the emergent patterns of paint wrinkling
  16. somerville open studios is this weekend!
  17. a visit to Toronto: FITC, experimental nonlinear physics, and lionfish
  18. Kinematics textile swatches
  19. prototyping with the Form 1+
  20. Co-Creating with Nervous System: Designing with Radiolaria
  21. a curious case of ice terraces
  22. Kinematics Dress now on display at MoMA
  23. structures that unfold like flowers
  24. One-of-a-Kind Somethings for Your One-of-a-Kind Someone
  25. floraform – 5 point growth
  26. Co-Creating with Nervous System–January 2015
  27. Second Kinematics Dress debuts at CES

2014 50

  1. MoMA Acquires First Kinematics Dress
  2. Nervous System shipping deadlines for the Holidays
  3. custom jigsaw puzzles
  4. growing objects – algorithmic sculptures
  5. Holiday Open Studios at Nervous System
  6. Nervous System Grows A Trellis
  7. A Ring So Nice, They Made It Twice
  8. nature feature: mushroom undersides
  9. Nervous System’s quest for the best laser-cutting plywood
  10. co-creating with nervous system—september 2014
  11. Nervous System Workshops Across Alaska
  12. “Growing Objects” exhibit and Alaska workshops
  13. Three new species of Hyphae Lamp
  14. a nervous kitty in the city
  15. new: nervous system jewelry in brass
  16. co-creating with nervous system–july 2014
  17. thinking about zoetropes
  18. nervous system wins award at SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival
  19. nervous trash gets treasured at the beautiful stuff project
  20. folium earrings now available
  21. solidcon report
  22. Bronze Kinematics, Desktop Printed
  23. morphogenesis – work in progress
  24. thingiverse gets nervous – June 2014
  25. 3D print post-processing methods: vapor smoothing
  26. a custom diamond engagement ring
  27. Labradorescence
  28. Nervous System at Solid
  29. 2-color tree frog
  30. recent developments in 3d-printing flexible objects
  31. Show us your nervous system style, get 10% off your next order
  32. kinematics 3d-printed in gold
  33. see what’s been printing with Nervous System
  34. thingiverse gets nervous
  35. Announcing Monthly Open House @ nervous system
  36. kinematics…. chainmail?
  37. a nervous system workshop at Summit
  38. Spring packaging update!
  39. Behind the Scenes: polishing 3D prints
  40. lichen of the Fells
  41. In Stock Now: One-of-a-Kind Necklaces and Puzzles
  42. making 3D-printed snaps
  43. Nervous System + gems
  44. creature feature: sponges
  45. Nervous System jewelry displays
  46. Kinematics Bodice
  47. Nervous System at the 3DPrintShow in NYC
  48. kinematics belt – update
  49. making a kinematics belt
  50. kinematics folding test – success!

2013 31

  1. We’re hiring!
  2. a video about nervous system
  3. holiday order deadlines and sale
  4. Kinematics
  5. The Making of Kinematics
  6. Calculating the volume of a mesh
  7. “Out of Hand” — Museum of Arts and Design
  8. Gold-plated brass prototypes
  9. Laplacian Ring
  10. Folium – a new algorithmic jewelry series
  11. a visit to Shapeways NY factory!
  12. Summer Updates!
  13. Nervous System at ICFF 2013
  14. Upcoming Nervous System Events in Boston
  15. two new extra challenging generative puzzles
  16. new seasonal colors: neons
  17. Data structures: Pairing Heap
  18. Nervous System x Constrvct collection
  19. learning to scuba dive
  20. updates from Nervous System: radiolaria table, 2-color 3d-printing and more
  21. OBJExport library – export color meshes from Processing
  22. faceted ellipsoid mirror
  23. explaining lava forms
  24. Lighting up the world
  25. Surface meshing pt 2 – Surface remeshing
  26. Surface meshing in the browser
  27. New limited edition designs created with Radiolaria
  28. Puzzle pattern repair and optimization
  29. Up-Goer Five
  30. Boston 3d-printing meetup, 1/23 @ Nervous System
  31. Nervous System weekly roundup 12/31/12-01/6/13

2012 25

  1. Holiday Shipping and Return Information
  2. Radiolaria – our latest web-based design app is now available!
  3. nervous system’s reef
  4. Loading 3D models in WebGL
  5. what we’ve been up to
  6. Nervous System in video and print
  7. nervous system @ room 68 in Jamaica Plain on 10/4!
  8. Introducing Engineering Crewman First-Class Nathan!
  9. Now hiring: Studio Coordinator @ Nervous System
  10. New seasonal colors: turquoise and red
  11. Custom rings in gold and platinum
  12. Sale! colorful rings and discontinued designs
  13. Nervous System at NYIGF!
  14. Seeking fans to model our jewelry
  15. Puzzles, Full Moons, Renegade, and More
  16. Nervous System at ICFF 2012
  17. Generative jigsaw puzzles
  18. Ammonite – a new jewelry collection by Nervous System
  19. working on new generative lamp designs
  20. Go meetup at Nervous System
  21. Cell Cycle – technical details
  22. Cell Cycle webGL design app
  23. Re: The Algorithm Thought Police
  24. Fossilized – the patterns of glyptodon shells
  25. Barnacles! – our NYIGF 2012 booth

2011 38

  1. Nervous System Holiday Ordering Deadlines
  2. Nervous System @ CMU Design
  3. new: the Cellular Pendant
  4. Holiday Sale! and a gift guide
  5. Becoming Lichenized
  6. Reaction – the first housewares collection from Nervous System
  7. now available Hyphae Lamps #14-28
  8. Amazing Hi-Res Homemade 3D printer
  9. New rings
  10. Hive trivets – now for sale!
  11. Hyphae Lamps – an infinite series of lighting designs
  12. Endless.com hawks our wares
  13. a visit to the New England Aquarium
  14. we bought a laser cutter
  15. Hyphae and Cell Cycle – new model photographs
  16. come see us at ICFF booths 1451 and 1266!
  17. BRAIN t-shirts – support Processing.org
  18. Nervous System @ ICFF 2011
  19. video: laplacian growth
  20. video: Hele-Shaw Cell experiments
  21. experiments
  22. sketch: laplacian growth
  23. New: Cell Cycle Cuffs and free design files!
  24. Researcher Profile: Nigel Goldenfeld
  25. Hyphae – incomplete / complete
  26. Hyphae – a new collection from Nervous System
  27. CapturingComplexity – new shop!
  28. Carol Young Undesigned
  29. coming soon: Hyphae!
  30. Researcher Profile: Oyvind Hammer
  31. dendritic solidification
  32. job opportunity – work @ nervous system!
  33. making an awesome tradeshow booth – attempt #2
  34. Trivetz – collaboration with Modern Twist
  35. nervous system @ MoMA design store
  36. come visit us at NYIGF booth #4000!
  37. custom cell cycle designs
  38. Xylem experiments and improvements

2010 46

  1. ammonite suture patterns
  2. holiday shipping deadlines
  3. silver rings
  4. holiday sale and local shows
  5. The Future of Manufacturing (Seminar)
  6. r-d on arbitrary meshes
  7. fall
  8. new in the shop: 2-layer rings in stainless steel
  9. dynamic patterns of water and stone
  10. on computational design
  11. recent press and publications
  12. Reaction lamps
  13. CNC routed reaction shelf
  14. ipad apps for generative design
  15. california academy of sciences
  16. Exhibit opening
  17. Fish patterns | Reaction-diffusion in nature
  18. cell cycle for ipad
  19. reaction lamp #1
  20. sneak peek at the ceramics
  21. adirondacks
  22. black chromium jewelry now in the shop!
  23. Reaction exhibit in SF
  24. reaction – lamp sketches
  25. Reaction sketches
  26. Barnacles
  27. Zoanthus sociatus
  28. Reaction Vase
  29. sunflow render test
  30. rxn diffusion ceramics
  31. Lucky Magazine June 2010
  32. Renegade Craft Fair
  33. cell cycle on the body
  34. ceramics
  35. Xylem in black chromium
  36. Nervous System @ DHUB
  37. Xylem Furniture Sketches
  38. Coral and Fullmoon necklaces now available
  39. differentiation
  40. Computational design: a new look at the natural world
  41. Xylem – coming soon!
  42. NYIGF booth #3971 in progress
  43. venation type field
  44. venation – the letter E
  45. venation
  46. sneak peak

2009 52

  1. Nervous System in the Washington Post! 12-27-2009
  2. new orders will not ship until January 1st
  3. ice formations
  4. fullmoons restocked!
  5. purple and yellow
  6. vase prototype
  7. 6 tea towels
  8. press! nervous in United airlines’ hemispheres magazine
  9. vase and lamp prototypes
  10. fall
  11. new! 1-layer rings in silver
  12. coming soon
  13. Computational Design Worksession #1
  14. vase – work in progress
  15. worksessions in computational design
  16. Cell Cycle rings in black
  17. rivers and tides
  18. barnacle smooth / rough comparison
  19. barnacle
  20. a few favorites
  21. aftermath
  22. David Bowen and Philip Beesley
  23. cell cycle ring in sterling silver
  24. megacaldera, supervolcano
  25. yellowstone
  26. Insectarium
  27. a different grown box – larger print
  28. growing in a sphere video
  29. growing in a box video
  30. we’re at SIGGRAPH in New Orleans as Artists-in-Residence
  31. 1-layer twist ring
  32. cell cycle applet coming soon
  33. This weekend: Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn
  34. making a bent plywood wall
  35. ID magazine June 2009
  36. Back from ICFF
  37. thin ring in silver
  38. rings in sterling silver
  39. Selling older / flawed work
  40. Pieces for ICFF have arrived!
  41. Robotically assembled wall for Critical Digital, Harvard Design School
  42. looking for a PR agent
  43. new jewelry for ICFF 2009
  44. Ring work
  45. Radiolaria subdivision
  46. Works in progress
  47. Chronogram feature
  48. Radiolaria bracelet and ring prototypes
  49. Cooper Hewitt and ICA
  50. kitchen table in progress
  51. assembled chair
  52. Furnishing our apartment

2008 27

  1. happy holiday
  2. Design your own jewelry using our tools, new and improved!
  3. Ars Electronica
  4. Traditional Sights in Japan
  5. Come see us, Sunday at Bazaar Bizarre Boston!
  6. Tokyo!
  7. tokyo part 2
  8. felt necklaces
  9. Nervous System in Tokyo!
  10. recent customer created jewelry pieces
  11. Nervous System works exhibited at C.Stem Breeding Objects Exhibition
  12. We won the ponoko competition!
  13. please vote for us! at the ponoko competition
  14. Ponoko competition entry
  15. new packaging
  16. ICFF! Maker Faire. Radiolaria applet improvements.
  17. Nervous System in El Pais, 2.1 million readers!
  18. Nervous System in Metropolis Magazine : “jewelry from the tech set”
  19. We won $600 in the Ponoko Jewelry Competition
  20. lily pad table
  21. Advertising and the free economy
  22. Branching
  23. Radiolaria applet
  24. Cellular division
  25. Aquarium of the Pacific
  26. Nervous System jewelry restocked
  27. thinking about takeshi murakami

2007 8

  1. Social Networking and Design part 1
  2. Dave Hickey on selling art without selling out
  3. earthquake
  4. vegan post: chinese-style fried tofu with garlic ginger sauce
  5. Our friend chuck
  6. Vegan Post: Strawberry Shake
  7. Website Development
  8. First post