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

By: Ashby, M. FContributor(s): Johnson, KaraMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002. Description: vii, 336 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cmISBN: 0750655542Subject(s): Materials | Industrial design | Product designDDC classification: 620.11 LOC classification: TS176 | .ash 2002Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher description
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.
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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.

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