Neri Oxman

“Look at spiders. They use about eight different properties of silk for different functions. The spider is like a multimaterial 3D printer.”

“If you think about it, the printing press allowed everyone to print books - it democratised the printing of information. For the first time, we could all print.”

“How can we reinterpret 3-D printing in a way that suggests a new design language?”

“The 3D-printing technology has been developing at a very rapid pace.”

“Forms in nature are a byproduct of a reciprocal action between a given material and the conditions of the environment. But in architecture, the process is the direct opposite: First you deci...”