Materials and design the art and science of material selection in product design - Ashby, mike.; Johnson, Kara. (Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
All age.
Keywords: Materials; Design, Industrial