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One_Shot.MGX Collapsible Stool Stool
This is a stool. It was designed by Patrick Jouin and manufactured by Materialise NV. It is dated 2006 and we acquired it in 2008. Its medium is polyamide (nylon). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
The One__Shot.MGX folding stool is a highly functional form, designed to be manufactured by rapid prototyping technology, a revolutionary digital three-dimensional printing process. In 2008, rapid prototyping is still a relatively new technology, most often employed to produce medical devices or industrial items such as car parts. The French industrial and interior designer, Patrick Jouin, and the Belgian manufacturer, Materialise NV, were among the first to explore this nascent technology for production of furniture, lighting, and products for the domestic landscape. The digital technology allows designers (and will eventually allow consumers) the freedom to create a variety of forms that can be customized and produced as limited editions or unique works, and presents an alternative to traditional mass production methods that rely on standardization to achieve ease of manufacture and low cost to the consumer.
This stool is a single unit of hinged and twisting parts, but it is not made by conventional manufacture and assembly. Its name is derived from the fact that it is made all at once—in one shot. Jouin’s design is rendered in a three-dimensional computer image that is sliced horizontally and then “printed,” layer-by-layer, hinges and all, via laser sintering, an additive manufacturing method that uses a powerful laser to fuse powdered material, in this case polyamide (nylon), into a three-dimensional object. Contact between the laser beam and the nylon hardens the material to produce the object. The laser selectively fuses the nylon by scanning cross-sections generated from the three-dimensional digital description (from a CAD file or scan data) on the surface of a powder bed. After each cross-section is scanned by the laser, the powder bed is lowered by one layer thickness, a new layer of material is applied on top, and the process is repeated until the stool is complete.
One__Shot.MGX would be the museum’s first example of an object manufactured using rapid prototyping technology.
This object was
donated by
Irwin R. Berman and Linda Berman.
It is credited The Linda and Irwin R. Berman Stool Collection.
- Brisé Cockade Fan (USA)
- drilled vulcanized rubber, silk ribbon.
- Gift of Mrs. Henry Woodward Haynes.
- 1951-106-3
- Related Tools And Parts
- thermoplastic.
- Courtesy of Made In Space, Inc. and NASA.
- 3.2014.2
- 3D Printer In Zero-G Experiment (USA)
- aluminum, steel, plastic.
- Courtesy of Made In Space, Inc. and NASA.
- 3.2014.1
Our curators have highlighted 15 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Pippa Folding Stool
- pearwood, leather, brass.
- Gift of Hermès S.A..
- 1989-36-2
- Dress, Kinematics Dress #4
- nylon.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2015-18-1
- Drawing, Designs for Folding Desk, for Classicon
- rollerball pen and black ink on three joined sheets of white paper.
- Gift of Karim Rashid.
- 2000-50-28
Its dimensions are
H x diam. (open): 39.7 x 32.1 cm (15 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.) L x diam. (closed): 66 x 10.5 cm (26 x 4 1/8 in.)
Cite this object as
One_Shot.MGX Collapsible Stool Stool; Designed by Patrick Jouin (French, b. 1967); Manufactured by Materialise NV (Belgium); Belgium; polyamide (nylon); H x diam. (open): 39.7 x 32.1 cm (15 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.) L x diam. (closed): 66 x 10.5 cm (26 x 4 1/8 in.); The Linda and Irwin R. Berman Stool Collection; 2008-32-4
Collections in Motion: One_Shot Stool
Senior Objects Conservator Annie Hall demonstrates how the One_Shot Stool opens and closes with a smooth folding mechanism.
