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Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design /

"This book explores the role of materials and manufacturing in product design. We have placed particular emphasis on how the materiality of an object (what it is made of and how it is made) can be manipulated to create aesthetics and functionality of a product. We are equally concerned with iss...

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Main Authors: Ashby, M. F.
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Johnson, Kara
Published: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; Boston :
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Subjects:
Materials.
Industrial design.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Material Science.
Online-Publikation.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781856174978
Summary: "This book explores the role of materials and manufacturing in product design. We have placed particular emphasis on how the materiality of an object (what it is made of and how it is made) can be manipulated to create aesthetics and functionality of a product. We are equally concerned with issues related to feasibility of production and the sustainability of a system. The methods presented here are supported by some 100 profiles of materials and manufacturing processes, emphasizing the attributes most relevant for product design."--Jacket.
Item Description: Previous edition: 2002.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (331 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780080949406
0080949401
Index Number: TS171
CLC: TB3
Contents: Function and personality -- What influences product design? -- Design and designing -- The stuff ... multi-dimensional materials -- Other stuff ... shaping, joining and surfaces -- Form follows material -- A structure for material selection -- Case studies in materials and design -- New materials -- the potential for innovation -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Exercises for the eye and mind -- Selected material maps -- A practical reference for inspiration -- Material profiles -- Shaping profiles -- Joining profiles -- Surface profiles.

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