Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design / Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson.
Material type:
- 9780750655545
- 620.11 21
- TS 171 .A743 2002
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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