Materials experience : fundamentals of materials and design / edited by Elvin Karana, Owain Pedgley, Valentina Rognoli ; foreword by Mike Ashby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Karana, Elvin, editor.

Pedgley, Owain, editor.

Rognoli, Valentina, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materials.

Product design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 376 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There currently exists an abundance of materials selection advice for designers, mostly suited to solving technical product requirements. In contrast, a stark gap can be found in current literature that articulates the very real personal, social, cultural and economic connections between materials and product design. In Materials Experience: Contemporary Issues Connecting Materials and Product Design, twenty four of the leading academicians and professional designers have come together for the first time to offer their expertise and insights on a number of topics common to ma

Contents:

section 1. Touched by materials

section 2. Living with materials

section 3. Futures through materials

section 4. Proficiency in materials.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 14, 2013).

ISBN:

9780080993768

0080993761

OCLC:

862961523