Fractal.MGX

Designer:: WertelOberfell

Designer:: Matthias Bär

Manufacturer:: .MGX by Materialise

Date:: 2007

Medium:: Epoxy resin (built through Stereolithography); hollow structure filled with polyurethane

Dimensions:: H: 16 1/2 x W: 28 1/2 x D: 22 3/4 in. (41.9 x 72.4 x 57.8 cm)

Classification:: Furniture

Credit Line:: Gift of .MGX by Materialise, 2010

Accession Number:: 2010.419

Not on view

The designers of this limited-edition table are interested in new technologies and manufacturing processes employing stereolithography, a process that builds three-dimensional objects from CAD drawings. They employed this technology to produce the “Fractal” table, which combines organic forms with the logic and reality of product design.

.MGX by Materialise, New York (2010; their gift to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Highlights from the Modern Design Collection: 1900–Present, Part II," May 23, 2011–July 1, 2012.

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art (13,558)

Artist / Maker / Culture

Matthias Bär (1)

.MGX by Materialise (1)

WertelOberfell (1)

Object Type / Material

Date / Era

A.D. 1900–present (109,136)

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