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Bird's nest, made by people
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workHuman Nest (Leyu Li), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlResearch cited
- 746656 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Other sources
- S: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e §23.3 openstax.org
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A man wears clear netted pouches along his jaw, a prop from Leyu Li's Human NestPhoto: Leyu Li / DDW press kitMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- Leyu Li's ink drawing of a swiftlet building its nest from a strand of salivaImage: Leyu Li / DDW press kitMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Leyu Li's drawing of an imagined human with enlarged salivary glands and thick nest-forming salivaImage: Leyu Li / DDW press kitMuseum or journal record
- Slide 4
- Diagram of a head from the side with the parotid gland near the ear, its duct to the mouth, the submandibular gland under the jaw and the sublingual gland under the tongueImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 23.3 (the parotid glands lie between the skin and the masseter muscle, near the ears; submandibular glands in the floor of the mouth; sublingual glands below the tongue), read 28 Oct 2026 (source line drawn on the graphic)
- Slide 5
- Diagram: 1 to 1.5 liters of saliva a day, a bar showing 99.4 percent water, and a list of what the rest does, from amylase to antibodiesImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 23.3 (1 to 1.5 liters of saliva a day; 99.4 percent water; salivary amylase, mucus, immunoglobulin A, lysozyme; bicarbonate and phosphate keep pH 6.35 to 6.85), read 28 Oct 2026
- Slide 6
- The Human Nest prosthesis: a clear netted collar holding four white podsPhoto: Leyu Li / DDW press kitMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Birdcage, Rijksmuseum (BK-NM-12400-109)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record