Materials and design: the art and science of material selection in product design/
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Amsterdam ; Boston ; London:
Elsevier : Butterworth - Heinemann,
c2002
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Table of 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.