Incredibly, this Yellow Moon Gyroid sculpture…

…is made out of freaking plywood.

And this Corollaria Branch sculpture below was created from sheet metal.

Both were created by Nervous System, an experimental design lab that has been playing with generative design for nearly two decades. "Drawing inspiration from natural phenomena, we write computer programs based on processes and patterns found in nature," the firm writes, "and use those programs to create unique and affordable art, jewelry, and housewares."

The Corollaria series also includes this Corollaria Railing, which is in use in the company's Catskills, New York headquarters:

Nervous System was founded in 2007 by artist/designer/programmer Jessica Rosencrantz and artist/maker/programmer Jesse Louis-Rosenberg. Here's a video explaining what they do—and why they, almost begrudgingly, settled on having to use the title "design studio:"

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