Materials and Design. The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design. Edition No. 2

Table of Contents

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; PRACTICAL REFERENCES FOR INSPIRATION: Materials Profiles; Shaping Profiles; Joining Profiles; Surface Profiles; Exercises for the Eye and Mind; Selected Materials Maps

Authors

Michael F. Ashby Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge, and Former Visiting Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art, London, UK. Mike Ashby is one of the world's foremost authorities on materials selection. He is sole or lead author of several of Elsevier's top selling engineering textbooks, including Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Materials and the Environment, Materials and Sustainable Development, and Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design. He is also co-author of the books Engineering Materials 1&2, and Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design. Kara Johnson Director of Materials, IDEO - Global Innovation and Design Firm. Since publishing the first edition of Materials and Design in 2002, Kara Johnson has worked at IDEO, a global design firm and strategic consultancy. Kara leads their efforts in Materials, with a focus on Manufacturing. Her work is primarily about linking a company's brand and business strategies with the products they make.