One_Shot.MGX

The One Shot stool is produced with nylon polymer powder, fused, and hardened with heat from a laser beam, in a process called selective laser sintering (SLS). The design is a kinetic furniture piece, printed entirely as one segment, that can be open - for use - and closed - for transport or storage. It was also the first piece from this rapid prototyping project, manufactured by the Belgian company Materialise, followed by a plethora of different designers’ objects in the following years, which can be found until today. This type of production also allows the stool to emerge from it fully functional and ready, without a need for further detailing. The use of these materials and techniques allows designers, such as Patrick Jouin (1967), to explore more complex and detailed shapes without building too much onto the cost and production of a single piece.