Neri Oxman Quotes


Our facial skins are thin with large pores; our back skins are thicker with small pores. One acts mainly as filter, the other mainly as barrier. And yet, it's the same skin, no parts, no assemblies. It's a system that gradually varies its functionality by varying elasticity.


Citations

Oxman, Neri. "Design at the Intersection of Technology and Biology." TED, Mar. 2015.

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Neri Oxman
Neri Oxman
  • Born: February 6, 1976
  • Nationality: Israeli, American
  • Profession: Associate Professor Media Arts Science

Neri Oxman is an American–Israeli designer and professor at the MIT Media Lab, where she leads the Mediated Matter research group. She is known for art and architecture that combine design, biology, computing, and materials engineering.