Neri Oxman

I like to mostly wear very simple clothes.

— Neri Oxman

I like to think of synthetic biology as liquid alchemy, only instead of transmuting precious metals, you're synthesizing new biological functionality inside…

— Neri Oxman

In the end, it's clear that the incorporation of synthetic biology in product and architectural design will enable the transition from designs…

— Neri Oxman

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

— Neri Oxman

When I came to MIT, there were four rubrics: science, art, design, and technology. And as you entered your degree, whether it…

— Neri Oxman

I am equally fascinated and awed by visiting an Alexander McQueen show as I am looking under a microscope.

— Neri Oxman

I object to the hegemony of form in contemporary architecture. We have very advanced technological tools, but ultimately, we create buildings exactly…

— Neri Oxman

The second-most abundant biopolymer on the planet is called chitin, and some 100 million tons of it are produced every year by…

— Neri Oxman

There is a very beautiful expression in the Hebrew language that's borrowed from spoken Torah... 'All is predicted, and permission is given…

— Neri Oxman

The world of design has been subjugated by the rigors of manufacturing and mass production.

— Neri Oxman

When you celebrate a new idea, it immediately comes through the way you hold yourself and the clothes you wear.

— Neri Oxman

Rarely do we see immediate use of innovative technologies. I believe that the future is built by small pieces that add up.

— Neri Oxman

If you think about it, the printing press allowed everyone to print books - it democratised the printing of information. For the…

— Neri Oxman

The future of design is a future where anything material in the environment - whether it's wearables, cars, buildings - can be…

— Neri Oxman

Forms in nature are a byproduct of a reciprocal action between a given material and the conditions of the environment. But in…

— Neri Oxman

I approach the world as a whole by taking an integrative approach, not a world of parts, and I like to bring…

— Neri Oxman

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

— Neri Oxman

Although I often find that the feminist rhetoric - not feminism - can come across as simple-minded, self-regarding, nuance-averse and reductive -…

— Neri Oxman

In the United States alone, 450 billion square feet of glass facade is produced every year. What if we could take this…

— Neri Oxman

Choice is a form of compromise, no? So why choose if you can have both?

— Neri Oxman

All great cinema has the sense of the dynamic, the transitional, mixed with the mythical and the sense of ritual.

— Neri Oxman

Craft meets the machine in rapid fabrication. We can generate craft with the help of technology.

— Neri Oxman

It is only through hard work and awareness that we can truly own our identity.

— Neri Oxman

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, hand-production methods were abundant. Craft defined everything. The craftsman had an almost phenomenological knowledge of materials and…

— Neri Oxman

In nature, there is no separation between design, engineering, and fabrication; the bone does it all.

— Neri Oxman