Ashby, mike. <br/><br/>
Materials and design  the art and science of material selection in product design /  [[Book] :] 
Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson. 
 - 1st.ed. 
 - Oxford ;  Boston :  Butterworth-Heinemann,  2002. 
 - vii, 336 p. :  ill. (some col.), ports. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> All age. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0750655542 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004351743 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA2-X7706 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Materials.<br/>Design, Industrial.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620.11 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label> / A M