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Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design / Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.Description: vii, 336 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780750655545 (pbk.) :
  • 9780750655545
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 620.11 ASH
LOC classification:
  • TA403.7
Contents:
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.
Summary: '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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 620.11 ASH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 205071
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 620.11 ASH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 205070

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.

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