Jouin created this chair with a technique called SLS (Selective Laser Sintering). The chair is made out of polyamide (nylon). The Materialise Group with headquarters in Leuven, Belgium is best known for its activities in the field of rapid industrial and medical prototyping. Through its unique .MGX division for design products, Materialise is currently opening the market for customized Rapid Manufacturing.
In 2004, Materialise.MGX started a project with Patrick Jouin, who had discovered the Rapid Prototyping techniques Selective Laser Sintering and Stereolithography, as they were developed and used by Materialise.
The organic even kind of psychedelic but still very elegant look makes this chair an instant winner!
Born in 1967, Patrick Jouin is one of the major protagonists of contemporary design on the French and international scene. It’s estimated, that on a typical day of walking around Paris, one encounters a Patrick Jouin design every 350 meters. He has contributed over 46,000 designs to the urban landscape. In 2009, the Centre Pompidou in Paris held an important retrospective on the work of the designer. In 2010, he received his first solo show in the United States at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York.