Ankitha Vasudev – Looking Outwards – 08

Jesse Louis-Rosenberg and Jessica Rosenkrantz are generative artists who founded the design studio Nervous System (New York) in 2007. They created this studio as an outlet for interdisciplinary experiments that did not fit within their respective educations (Rosenberg was studying math and computer science while Rosenkratz was studying biology and architecture). Their body of work emphasizes an interaction between science, art and technology.

I find their work inspirational because of the methods they use to create computer simulations and digitally fabricate designs and products that draw inspiration from nature. In their Eyeo video, the artists talk about their interest in digital fabrication techniques, plant morphogenesis and differential growth, algorithmic gardening and the creation of objects such as jewelry and clothes using these processes. This video was interesting because it showed multiple experimental fabrication and computational techniques. Both artists also touched upon their interest in making these objects affordable and functional rather than just aesthetically pleasing.