Description
Neri Oxman (Hebrew: נרי אוקסמן; born February 6, 1976) is an American–Israeli designer and professor known for art and architecture that combines design, biology, computing, and materials engineering. She coined the phrase "material ecology" to define her work.
Many of Oxman's projects use new platforms and techniques for 3D printing and fabrication, often in collaboration with or inspired by nature and biology. They include co-fabrication systems for building hybrid structures with silkworms ( Silk Pavilion ), bees ( Synthetic Apiary ), and ants; Aguahoja , a water-based fabrication platform that built structures such as Aguahoja out of chitosan; and G3DP , the first 3D printer for optically transparent glass. Some of these platforms have been developed for broader use. Other projects print clothing, wearables, or structural elements, sometimes developing new composite materials in the process (such as resins containing biosynthetic bacteria).
