‘julia.MGX’, chandelier by peter jansen made with epoxy resin image © designboom

belgian company . MGX by materialise is known for their innovation in the field of additive layered fabrication (ALF), through its new design label:.MGX by materialise, they continue to explore new possiblities in 3d printing techniques, including the advanced technologies of stereolithography, selective laser sintering and fused deposition modelling.

the ‘.MGX e – volution collection’ exhibition held at moss design store new york, opened during new york design week and will be on display until june 27, 2009. the show features the brands most iconic pieces of ‘ALF’ an all digital technique, where by material is transformed from one state to another (liquid to solid or welding of material particles by laser beam). included works are by luc merx, patrick jouin, hani rashid, bathesheba grossman, jiri evenhuis, strand & hvass, lars spuybroek, assa aashuach, peter jansen, platform studio and matthias bar, arik levy, amanda levete and dan yeffet.

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york ‘fugu’, ‘ubu’, ‘roi’ vases by hani rashid body made from epoxy resin insert made with chromed nylon image © designboom

the threes vases appearing as tornadoes and whirlpools in constant motion, are representative of asymptote’s radical architecture practise. with swirling, perforated surfaces the vases are built with stereolithography and selective laser sintering.

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york ‘fugu’ by hani rashid image © designboom

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york l: ‘forbidden fruit’ by dan yeffet,  r: ‘fractal table’ by gernot oberfell & jan wertel in collaboration with matthias bar, image © designboom

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york ‘fractal table’ by gernot oberfell & jan wertel in collaboration with matthias bar made with epoxy resin built with sterolithography, hollow structure filled with polyurethane image © designboom

the fractal table is based on growth patterns seen in nature, which can be described with mathematical algorithms.

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york ‘forbidden fruit’ by dan yeffet epoxy resin made with stereolithography image © designboom

MGX evolution collection at moss, new yorkl: ‘black honey curved bowl’ by arik levy, r: ‘solid s1’ stool by patrick jouin image © designboom

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york ‘one shot stool’ by patrick jouin image © designboom

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york ‘sequence bowl’ by one & co image © designboom

the sequence bowl combines a rigid construction with a loose construction. the bowl juxtaposes traditional moulded aesthetics (solid walll construction) with the intricacies of three dimensional printing.

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york the fall of the damned suspension lamp by luc merx produced in a limited edition of 40 image © designboom

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york ‘flame’ by bathsheba grossman image © designboom

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york ‘stucco’, wall hanging by luc merx image © designboom

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york the .MGX evolution collection image © designboom

MGX evolution collection at moss, new york ‘solid’ furniture collection by patrick jouin image © designboom