AI. STOOL by Assa Ashuach
The AI.MGX stool is designed by Assa Ashuach and consists the first product to be designed using a combination of 3D tools and artificial intelligence. Produced by laser sintering, the chair consists of a cosmetic skin and intelligent soft and hard structures. Like the biological structure and mechanism of bone, the artificial intelligence software knows where to create sufficient support. The AI stool is an intelligent product that grows in free space with an artificial intelligence ‘DNA’ code. This code contains all of the information required to ensure that the object will transform perfectly from a virtual design into a 3D object that achieves the optimum strength or intelligent softness whilst maintaining the desired visual aesthetic. The AI.MGX stool was designed to carry a load of 120kg on a sitting surface at a height of 40cm. The challenge was to design a form with the minimum volume required for a seat and then instruct the AI software to calculate the required support. The final AI.MGX stool met all of the mechanical requirements while using only 1/3 of the anticipated material.
MELONIA SHOE by Naim Josefi and Souzan Youssouf
Melonia shoe is part of the catwalk collection “Melonia”, designed by Naim Josefi and Souzan Youssouf for the Stockholm Fashion Show in February of 2010. Five pair of shoes were designed in the modeling programme Rhinoceros 4.0 and were created using selective laser cutting, 3D printed in polyamide (nylon). Though seemingly not that solid, the shoes are actually firm enough to hold a normal adult thanks to their unique structure. They are the first 3D-printed haute couture shoes in the world and come as a result of the concept of no waste and rapid prototyping process. They are products for an industrial ecology that is based on the production and the easy recycling of such objects in a closed loop, due to their homogeneous material. Moreover, they follow the vision of shoe production that is for anyone to be able to go to a shop where he can scan his foot, choose the design and print his pair of shoes, which could after usage be recycled and reprinted into a new pair.
