Neri Oxman

Neri Oxman is a designer and architect, best known for her work in environmental design and digital morphogenesis. She currently teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab as Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and founded the MaterialEcology design lab.

Life and work

Oxman graduated from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and then studied medicine at Hebrew University before attending the London Architectural Association School of Architecture and later MIT to study architecture. She coined the phrase "material ecology" to define her work, placing materials in context.^[1][2]

Work and exhibits

Some of Oxman's work has been displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, the International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Seville, and the 2008 Biennial in Beijing. Exhibits include:^[3]

Museum of Science, Boston, 2009

• Beast: Prototype for a Chaise Longue
• Carpal Skin: Prototype for a Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Splint

Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007

• Raycounting
• Subterrain: Variable Property Analysis and Fabrication of a Butterfly Wing

Awards

Oxman's work have won awards including the Earth Award for Future Crucial Design in 2009, HOLCIM's Next Generation Award for Sustainable Construction, a Graham Foundation Carter Manny Award, and the AICF Award of Excellence.

Publications

• 2006: M. Joachim, Neri Oxman, Douglas Joachim, "PeristalCity" and "River Gyms". Thresholds Journal #32 ACCESS, Ed. Pamela Karimi, MIT.

References

1. ^ "Material Ecology site". http://www.materialecology.com/. Retrieved 2011-10-15. 
2. ^ Name * (2009-08-20). "Material Ecology « The Dirt". Dirt.asla.org. http://dirt.asla.org/2009/08/20/material-ecology/. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
3. ^ Structuring Materiality: Design Fabrication of Heterogeneous Materials - Oxman - 2010 - Architectural Design - Wiley Online Library. 2010-07-08. doi:10.1002/ad.1110. 

External links

• Material Ecology blog
• Azure review

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