Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design /
Ashby, M. F.
Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design / Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson. - Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002. - vii, 336 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Function and personality -- What influences product design? -- Design and designing -- The stuff... multidimensional 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 -- A PRACTICAL REFERENCE FOR INSPIRATION: Material profiles -- Shaping profiles -- Joining profiles -- Surface profiles -- APPENDICES: Exercises for the eye and mind -- Select material maps.
'Materials and Design' offers an accessible and systematic approach to the selection of materials and the ways in which they can be used. The book is aimed at the industrial designer who may have limited technical support.
9780750655545 (pbk.) : £24.99 9780750655545
2004351743
Materials.
Design, Industrial.
Technology.
Materials science
Product design
Technical design
TA403.7
620.11 ASH
Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design / Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson. - Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002. - vii, 336 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Function and personality -- What influences product design? -- Design and designing -- The stuff... multidimensional 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 -- A PRACTICAL REFERENCE FOR INSPIRATION: Material profiles -- Shaping profiles -- Joining profiles -- Surface profiles -- APPENDICES: Exercises for the eye and mind -- Select material maps.
'Materials and Design' offers an accessible and systematic approach to the selection of materials and the ways in which they can be used. The book is aimed at the industrial designer who may have limited technical support.
9780750655545 (pbk.) : £24.99 9780750655545
2004351743
Materials.
Design, Industrial.
Technology.
Materials science
Product design
Technical design
TA403.7
620.11 ASH