a unified approach to grown structures

The video shows 15 different variations of one computational growth process. Based on this process we created a series of 3D printed wearables in cooperation with Prof. Neri Oxman from the MIT Media Lab. More about the project can be found on our Behance page: www.behance.net/gallery/21605...
The audiotrack "There's Probably No Time" from Chris Zabriskie, which is used in this video can be found on the freemusicarchive: freemusicarchive.org/music/Chr...

[@soerensenkarl]

I get the feeling of watching something profound when I see this. Really well presented!

[@IcicleTFL]

Amazing and beautiful methodology to the simulations. Props to the creators.

[@CriticalMonkey623]

Variant #11 reminds me of a video I saw on a channel called Physics for the Birds. The video is about Turing Cake, and other phenomena that generate that same sort of pattern. I would love to see the math behind it to see if it aligns with the math discussed in the Physics for the Birds video. Super interesting stuff!

[@mjparent222]

Wow, for all of this. The music is superb. Thanks for sharing this great stuff.

[@ryanmckenna2047]

That was beautiful moment that you created, sound and visuals.

[@karanmirajkar51]

It's been years since you made this, you got to make tutorials for this now.

[@nictanghe98]

some tutorials whould b apreciated.

[@Gichanasa]

Most of these were done using Houdini. Entagma has many great tutorials which should guide you. Look for Differential Growth and other growth algorithms.

[@artbyaline]

Fantastic. Reminds me of the time lapses I used to watch as a kid.

[@albertwang5974]

Nice, it's my first time to see such kind of strange and beautiful structure, thanks for sharing.

[@melaniedizon1104]

This is so evocative, visceral, and definitely inspiring... Thank you!

[@TaylorColpitts]

Wow these are beautiful. Great job.

[@ObesityStupidity]

Wow, it looks so natural!

[@eleanor5675]

It's amazing how much these resemble so many different structures in nature, from bacteria colonies to the brain

[@FinalMiro]

it just look amazing ! Impressive work !

[@nerdistry]

Beautiful. Do you have a paper / blog post somewhere that goes into detail about the growth process and it's variants?

[@nachobanares]

wonderful piece of art

[@robelicit]

excellent, thanx 4 posting.

[@LordMegabite]

i dont have words to explain how awesome is this technology .... :0

[@DanWills]

This is fantastic! By far and away one of the most impressive reaction-diffusion-based (mostly?) geometry synthesis examples I've ever seen! Quite astounding, such high resolution and 3D (looks-like-voxel-based in some of them) simulations and just so utterly gorgeous! Fantastic work! Would love to see more examples and learn more about how this was made!

[@chut8624]

no its a kind of differential grow algo

[@nuclearcrow28]

Is definetely not reaction-diffusion-based, and probably not voxel-based (at least most of the variants). But it is indeed an amazing technique - if you want to learn more, look into "Differential growth".

[@SarahBadr]

This is my favourite video on KZbin.

[@FreekHoekstra]

fantastic work, is there a paper associated with this???

[@zachhoy]

simply astounding, so powerful - I saw morels, corals, fractals, I'm in love. I feel this is too amazing to give away, but gonna ask anyway. How?

[@benjaminjohnson5372]

Found two pieces today. Thanks.

[@gordondread]

Gorgeous!

[@showmedesign]

these are beautiful to watch

[@guidewired]

really love this stuff

[@mdsanima]

WOW! I really like this. Now I following you. Keep going.

[@waldobr]

Wow, this is so awesome!!

[@veruzzzz]

Beautiful!

[@torolf44]

WOW..... just only speechless, so beautiful :)

[@waltonsimons12]

Variants 10, 12, and 13 remind me of the textures you often see in Zdzisław Beksiński's work.

[@MrKarolWlodarczyk]

Damn, this is beautiful.

[@mondosci]

In the early to mid 1990's, I dabbled a bit in utilizing evolutionary algorithms to create artificial life inspired visually aesthetic content, but there were others who were far more advanced in this arena, such as Karl Simms, and William Latham. Others, of course, have continued in similar veins (OK, bad pun, I'll admit), but these latest examples via Prof. Oxman are among the most interesting examples I've seen in current times.

[@terrorpants1782]

+Charles Ostman Could you link me some articles/papers on the subject? I'm very interested in evlolutionary algorithms.

[@shalvius]

Beautiful and clever

[@writerziya]

Magnificent...Congrats...

[@animatedzombie64]

KZbin algo summoning us after 6 years.

[@joshuah2234]

Very organic, like watching coral or fungus growing.

This is amazing.

[@EclipZeMuzik]

wonderful work!!

[@rubyscooby]

Beautiful

[@HugoArcier]

beautiful!

[@Astrih_Konnash]

Gorgeous - some growth processes look like coral, bacteria colonies or something like a bone being eroded from the inside (ostheoporisis (sp?)) Something like a screensaver using these algorithms would be great

[@tarwin]

Dammit this is so beautiful !

[@andrew01]

This is brilliant.

[@spacep0d]

Amazing!

[@SilencedShotgun]

What type of data structures do you use to represent the sculptures? Do you have a paper of the process or could you link some of the sources you used for inspiration? Thanks.

[@matitasso]

Che meraviglia!

[@AnonymoudKid]

Houdini is the best 3D software. It has such a high skill ceiling. If it can even be said to have one.

[@OculusFilm]

Great video!

[@STROBdotNET]

amazing!

[@degaculo]

amazing! which software has been used?

[@borntafly]

Looks like they are using Gods coral maker algorithm on this one!

[@theshuman100]

God??!!

[@animationspace8550]

@@theshuman100 It's a joke referring to how they "stole the secret from god" to making biological looking structures.

[@DonneyLiu]

Looks interesting!

[@AkshayAradhya]

Just watching this is mesmorizing :)

[@Reirainsong]

One thing these objects need to truly seem organic is simulating directional forces that affect a colonial or otherwise amorphic organism: gravity, pressure, or pursuit of food/sunlight.

[@RusticRaver]

amazing

[@ricardo.mazeto]

1 - Is this algorithm open source? 2 - Which program was used to render and run the algorithm? Blender?

[@jim.....]

look up differential growth

[@kkonakkona2236]

I would guess they used Houdini as that is normally the tool of choice for procedural stuff. Entagma(on vimeo) is a great channel for tutorials in a similiar style (differential growth for example).

[@StillnessMoving]

www.entagma.com/differential-line-growth/

@@StillnessMoving I was looking for this, thanks!

[@StillnessMoving]

@ You're welcome!

[@joelmulder]

God some of these look truly horrifying. Absolutely amazing work!

[@GameDevAraz]

Did You Use Houdini? Looks Nice!

[@amysterling]

WOW

[@vladamac]

Much algorithm.

[@HeroesGetKilled]

Really cool but kind of terrifying too. :S

[@DimiShimi]

Genius.

[@LambareNg]

i need to 3d print these and put them in my living room

[@herczeglaszlo8771]

jujj, nagyon jó !

[@jinou2906]

真棒👍，用什么软件做的呢？Houdini？

[@andythrasher2976]

these all look like coral

[@KurtKaminski]

Dream team!

[@PhishChiang]

delicious!!!!!! #experimental #abstract #art

[@luxjava]

Please, tutorial!!!! Thanks!

[@StillnessMoving]

www.entagma.com/differential-line-growth/

[@typryor2227]

I like to imagine this is a museum of alien... “plants?” maybe?

[@Skovidesign]

9 years ago damn!

[@CaptainUnreal]

That's so beautiful, but at the same time my trypophobia went mad

[@animationspace8550]

I never get tryphobia. Maybe try thinking of another material instead of what ever your semiconscious is trying to think of?

[@JasonSeward]

I so love this... if only there was a script for blender or similar mac friendly app! :) you could take my money that is left!

[@StillnessMoving]

Learn Houdini.

[@bug_effect]

I would put this on a screensaver

[@marcin-ignac]

How does it work? Is it polygonal mesh like in previous projects? How close to realtime is it?

[@eloanlagier2645]

it's not working with polygon but fractal ! it's hard to explain because i'm french but search about the work of loren carpenter (i know he is from pixar bur he really change the informatique about 3D representation )

[@smokysmoka]

ln Lgr this is particol motion, and yes they use a mesh.

[@user-pe4eu9yl3u]

this is so cool, is there a way to replicate or get a similar result inside blender, via an addon or a custom scirpt ??

[@user-pe4eu9yl3u]

ive seen the diferential growth addon but I think its limited in terms of the results one can get, is there a way to create different types of growth patterns

[@kelseyashy3976]

Who wrote the music for this video and what is the music called.

[@Sonusproject]

so beautiful! why the melodramatic piano though? :)

[@AlexCarby]

Variant #10 would make great cheese themed jewelry.

[@kaemmili4590]

Please , Could we have the algorithm that lead to every emergence ? even just basically revealing the principles Thank you for the video

[@Monogrammaton]

See dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/x/files/assets/pdf/Grown_Printed_Bio-augmented.pdf

[@spartan.X]

I have see a video with a multiple of addon blender for doing some shapes and meshs, but i don't remember the name of the addon that can make this shapes can you say the name of this addon or this application please ? (I really want to make some similar sh1pe for organic render)

[@ishigoto]

Very few of these don't horrify me.

[@Leo570000]

Всем привет от Вороного!

[@NoobishAlpha]

Hi ! did you use Vex ?

[@SjonSjine]

Wondering, did someone already tried this in Blender? There is an addon! github.com/hsab/GrowthNodes More images - www.behance.net/gallery/21605971/Neri-Oxman-Wanderers

[@josephsoeller1071]

wow

[@10290sstp]

I wonder what applications could this have

[@MysticalMagnus]

Does this mean we can make Wraithbone now?

[@CoconutSundae]

My Good Self Well, sea shell (nacre) with mitochondria is pretty close. I know there's a way to program for more sophisticated shapes, will figure it out someday.

[@siskavard]

This would be an amazing tool to use in games

[@xanthirudha]

What are the differential equations used for this ?

[@StillnessMoving]

Check this out --

[@DommageCollateral]

is there a paper that explains the different variants?

[@gasemijulie1952]

Any tips to do that on C4d ? :)

[@Marco-xz7rf]

the first look like mushrooms, one could be cancer, then the flat one almost looks like frost on a flat surface, but a little much to bendy, ice is rather straight, the 7th almost looks like something dissolving in water but not diluting and getting more and more :D Then mushrooms again haha. 10 could be a coral. Everything is just math and fractals and repetition of what was already there, recursion :D somewhat satisfying, terrifying and disgusting, maybe slight trigger of tryptophobia :D

[@MrDaveDancer]

Fantastic! I sent you an email!

[@Roan7995]

When art meets science...

[@armena2866]

How does one go about creating objects like this?

[@VitorMiguell]

This is so beautiful it made me depressed. Ruined my whole day. I can't make something this great

[@GabrielsLogic]

You'll get there

[@Monogrammaton]

neither can they. nature made it.

[@genkidama7385]

wow so weird and organic

[@rurouniex6002]

卧槽！！好漂亮啊！！

[@williamvalentin7647]

How can you make something similar to 3:35?

[@troillandford7679]

Someone do this in processing.