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.MGX is pleased to announce that from June 13 until July 11, a series of .MGX pieces will be on display in Kuwait as part of the Fragiles exhibition.

Curated and produced by Gestalten, Fragiles presents over two hundred cutting-edge objects that indicate how visual culture and high tech production processes are influencing and reshaping more delicate materials, such as porcelain and glass, in pioneering ways.

Included in the display are Black_Honey.MGX and Silver_Honey.MGX by Arik Levy; Polyvase.MGX and Hidden.MGX by Dan Yeffet; Con_Sequence.MGX by One & Co.; Quin.MGX by Bathsheba Grossman; and the award-winning Omi.MGX by Assa Ashuach.

Fragiles
Al-Sabah Art & Design
The Corniche, Arabian Gulf Road, Shaab, Kuwait
June 13 to July 11, 2009

For further details, visit www.alsabahcollection.com

About .MGX by Materialise

As the design division of Materialise, .MGX works with innovative 3D printing techniques and some of the top designers, architects and artists from around the world to produce architectural models, art pieces and other custom projects, as well as a range of exceptional lighting objects, furniture, interior goods and accessories – all with a degree of detail, complexity and speed that cannot be offered by other production techniques.

Through the specific technologies of stereolithography and selective laser sintering, objects are brought to life primarily as single pieces, without joints or seams, through the principle of ‘additive fabrication’, whereby material is transformed from one state to another (liquid to solid or welding of material particles by laser beam). In most cases, .MGX creations would be impossible to produce using other manufacturing methods.

Recent .MGX collaborations have included projects with artists such as Frank Stella and Peter Jansen, as well as Asymptote, Future Systems, SOM, Foster & Partners, UN Studio and other leading architectural and design firms.

The .MGX line of design products is currently exported to over 20 countries worldwide; has received many awards, including two Red Dot Design Awards; is featured in numerous international museums, including the MoMA in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris; and regularly appears in top design and decor publications such as: Icon, Surface Magazine, Elle Decor and Vogue Living.