Materials for Design
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Over the last ten years there has been a huge growth in the area of materials for design, but most books on this subject deal with advanced, semi-formed materials (that is, materials sold as sheet, rod, tube, etc.). This book provides much-needed information on the raw materials, and the low-down on how these can be used. Organized into three sections embracing grown, oil-based and mined materials, each entry includes information on key features, typical applications, production processes and sustainability issues. This fact-packed book will allow professional designers and students from a range of disciplines to understand in simple, exciting, visual terms the different qualities and features of materials. Review: Great reference book - Amazing book for anyone who is interested in designing and producing processes. Review: This is great for anyone studying materials at school or college - Very well layout, with a different material per couple of open pages. This is great for anyone studying materials at school or college, it has clear information on each material along with pros and cons of each.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 102 Reviews |
A**S
Great reference book
Amazing book for anyone who is interested in designing and producing processes.
N**E
This is great for anyone studying materials at school or college
Very well layout, with a different material per couple of open pages. This is great for anyone studying materials at school or college, it has clear information on each material along with pros and cons of each.
A**R
Recomend!
+ Very informative + Easy to read
G**V
Definitely recommended for product designers
Perfect book for a summary on materials. Really succinct and helpful
S**E
A thoroughly good book!
Brilliant presentation, information and concept.
A**N
Five Stars
excellent book to explore materials
A**R
Design Book
Great
S**0
Five Stars
Great Item! Many thanks!
H**R
Excellent overview of materials and how they pertain to design.
Fantastic high level overview of materials and how they pertain to design. Well written and informative. Wonderful binding quality and finish; high gloss and high density paper make this a treat to read. Only three stars due to editing. It's incredible the amount of grammatical and formatting errors that are found throughout. I know it doesn't affect the knowledge within, but if someone is dropping $50 on a book it should feel like the editor was paid for actually doing their job.
D**L
Increíble recurso para diseño de producto
Ofrece una colección bastante amplia de materiales categorizados por su método de extracción, y aborda de manera amplia y sencilla las generalidades de las materiales (aplicaciones, derivados, producción, características, origen y costos aproximados etc.) Dependiendo de lo que estés diseñando este libro no te va a dar el 100% de la información que necesitas sobre un objeto pero para mi uso como diseñador principiante y estudiante me ofrece un enorme catálogo de donde puedo investigar más, y me da 3/4 partes de la información relevante para el nivel de justificación que usualmente necesito.
M**O
Ottimo!
Bello e semplice da consultare. Ottima raccolta di materiali con dedicata spiegazione del loro utilizzo e creazione. Consigliato!
S**.
Informative book about materials
The book is amazing. Well structured and informative. It includes how the Material is produced, what the sustainability issues are, the costs etc. However as a booklover I am disappointed by the delivery. The book was just packed in a bubblewrap in a plastic bag. Usually it should come in a special cardboard for books. So it has crinkles on its cover which is extremely frustrating.
C**I
great read with helpful details and interesting materials
Fantastic write up of typical widely used materials and the more obscure. I'm a product designer with a background in mechanical engineering and found this enjoyable to read and educational.
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