Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design

• Main Author: Ashby, M. F.
• Other Authors: Johnson, Kara (Industrial designer)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Materials.; Industrial design.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780080949406; 0080949401; 9781856174978; 1856174972; 9786612618567; 6612618566
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (331 pages) : color illustrations

"This book explores the role of materials and manufacturing in product design. We have placed particular emphasis on how the materiality of an object (what it is made of and how it is made) can be manipulated to create aesthetics and functionality of a product. We are equally concerned with iss...