.MGX by Materialise

Asssa Ashuach: www.assaashuach.com

Jiri Evenhuis

Bathsheba Grossman: www.bathsheba.com

Peter Jansen: www.humanmotions.com

Patrick Jouin: www.patrickjouin.com

Naomi Kaempfer

Janne Kyttanen

Amanda Levete: www.amandalevetearchitects.com

Arik Levy: www.ariklevy.fr

Ross Lovegrove: www.rosslovegrove.com

MAXIMALdesign: www.maximaldesign.com

Luc Merx: www.gagat.com

One & Co: www.oneandco.com

Platform Studio

Hani Rashid: www.asymptote-architecture.com

Lars Spuybroek: www.nox-art-architecture.com

Strand + Hvass: www.strand-hvass.com

Dan Yeffet: www.jellylab.com

Last year was the largest Good Design Awards program in history, and out of a record number of products considered, both the One_Shot.MGX and the Sequence.MGX emerged as winners for their cutting-edge designs.

The One_Shot.MGX (designed by Patrick Jouin for .MGX) is a foldable stool which is manufactured by selective laser sintering as one complete piece; the stool emerges from the machine in its final form, complete with hinges that are concealed by the graceful structure of the stool itself. By virtue of gravity combined with a simple twist, an array of rods transforms, in one flowing movement, into a small, useful, strong seat.

The Sequence.MGX (designed by One & Co. for .MGX) is half functional object and half sculpture. Also manufactured using selective laser sintering, the bowl’s surface transforms from solid to loose chain mail and in doing so, represents the intersection of two generations of manufacturing processes.

Founded in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Good Design bestows international recognition upon designers and manufacturers for advancing new, visionary, and innovative product concepts, and for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered basic product and consumer design.

The Good Design Awards are conferred annually by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design together with the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.