The principles behind the new design follow the Fibonacci mathematical sequence discovered by Leonardo da Pisa in the 13th Century and echo the spirals at the centre of a sunflower or pine cone.
His overall aim, he explained, was to distil "the principles by which ants and other animals manipulate complex environments" and bring them to bear in the design of search-and-rescue robotics.
Dr Oxman believes the design and construction of objects could be transformed using principles inspired by nature, resulting in shapes that are impossible to build without additive manufacturing.
The tabular structure of early web pages (now outlawed in all but exceptional circumstances, like HTML email design) forced designers to internalize fairly rigid grid principles.
We knew that Jobs and Ive were close - he often featured in those famous keynotes, taking an iPhone call from the boss, or explaining on video the designprinciples behind the iPad.