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PALEA.MGX WINS FNAC COMPETITION
13 July 2004 - Materialise NV
| At this year's Salone del Mobile fair in Milan, our latest lamp design 'PaleA.mgx' - presented on the Materialise.MGX stand - was discovered by FNAC's* purchasing commission for decorative arts.
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PaleA.MGX is a pending lamp designed by Dan Yeffet (Jelly Lab) and manufactured by Materialise.MGX using a rapid prototyping technique (stereolithography). PaleA derives its name from the Greek word 'paleo', meaning fossil, aged, Palaeolithic. Its ancient origin is linked to state of the art technology by which this lighting design is revealed. PaleA.mgx was produced in March 2004 and introduced to the public at Salone del Mobile by Materialise.MGX. Materialise.MGX has won the FNAC design purchase competition in June 2004 with this design, which is a highly honourable and important recognition of this new product. FNAC's mission is to assemble a living heritage, a witness of the multiplicity of contemporary artistic expressions in all types of art. The acquisition policy has revolved around three priorities: attention to new creation, purchase of essential works by confirmed artists to constitute a significant unity, and opening towards the diversity of current international art. Materialise.MGX was selected for its revolutionary creation of the first product to be sold on CD. The self extractable file from which the product can be printed and reproduced is given as a complementary item to the customers with the purchase of each lamp.
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About: Materialise NV
Begun as a joint venture with the University of Leuven-Belgium, Materialise was one of the first European rapid prototyping service bureaus. It has since grown into a European supplier of plastic prototype solutions, and today is a worldwide leader in the rapid prototyping industry. Materialise offers a broad range of rapid prototyping, tooling and digital CAD software. In addition, Materialise prototypes and software have established a reputation in medicine and dentistry, with clinicians the world over using them in the most complex surgical cases. Its design products division concentrates on the development of rapid manufacturing. The company is privately owned with several subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and the USA, and employs over 300 people in its 4 divisions.* Materialise Industrial Services to "materialise" technical prototypes and small series through the most advanced prototyping and tooling techniques.
* Materialise Software to develop the technical software applications that allow a more efficient use of the rapid prototyping techniques.
* Materialise Medical to create medical models using these prototyping techniques and to develop medical software packages that are used by clinicians worldwide to assist them in the most complex cases of surgery.
* Materialise.MGX to manufacture design products for the end-user market. MGX is the youngest division and it draws on the knowledge and expertise of the prototyping division. |
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