Description
Book SynopsisMaterials are the stuff of design. This book explores the role of materials and materials processing in product design, with a particular emphasis on creating desired aesthetics and functionality. It features useful "materials profiles," that gives critical design, processing, performance and applications criteria for each material in question.
Trade ReviewFrom the first edition: "...well-written and easy-to-read...unique and a worthwhile reference for designers, engineers, and suppliers." --Adhesives and Sealants Newsletter, 2006 "Well presented, easy to read with concise descriptions. Very suitable for students on courses which involve art design and the use of modern materials" --Derrick Parker, Univ. of Portsmouth, Dept. Mech. & Manufacturing Eng "I believe materials engineering faculty should use this book at some point in their materials engineering curriculum. It can then be a resource for students as they travel through the major. The same can be said in an ideal world for industrial engineering, industrial design, and maybe even mechanical engineering." --Blair London, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo "I don't know of any similar book. I used Ashby & Jones's Engineering Materials I & II for many years, but these are more technical and probably better as stand-alone texts for an engineering course. I think Materials & Design would be an excellent supplement to an Engineering Materials course, and could serve as the primary text in Industrial or Product Design course focusing on materials." --Gary Benenson, City College of New York
Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. What Influences Product Design? 3. Materiality, Design, and Creativity 4. Materials – The Stuff That Surrounds Us 5. Manufacturing; Shaping, Joining, Surfaces 6. Form Follows Material 7. Material Selection 8. Materials and Sustainability 9. New Materials 10. Conclusions
