Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design 3rd edition

This is the third edition of a textbook for students and professionals in fields where design and materials engineering connect. It is a collaboration between an art designer and a materials engineer, strongly illustrated with both visual examples and color graphs and charts. The book looks at the role of materials and manufacturing techniques in product design. It puts special emphasis on how much of design depends on what a product is made out of and how it is made. Chapters focus on how product designers can use the whats and hows of making to create both the aesthetics and the functions of a product. From a design perspective, the book looks at how a broad interpretation of making and attention to issues of feasibility and sustainability can inspire better aesthetics. The book begins with design philosophy and looks at case studies. This information is supported by a section giving clear illustrated profiles of materials from steel to polyethelene to textiles, and another doing the same for manufacturing processes from hot gas welding to diffusion bonding to screenprinting. Both emphasize the attributes most relevant for product design. The book is recommended for teachers, students, and readers in any field who can be comfortable with both design thinking and basic materials engineering. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Materials are the stuff of design. From the very beginning of human history, materials have been taken from the natural world and shaped, modified, and adapted for everything from primitive tools to modern electronics. This renowned book by noted materials engineering author Mike Ashby and industrial designer Kara Johnson explores the role of materials and materials processing in product design, with a particular emphasis on creating both desired aesthetics and functionality. The new edition will feature even more of the highly useful "materials profiles" that give critical design, processing, performance and applications criteria for each material in question. The reader will find information ranging from the generic and commercial names of each material, its physical and mechanical properties, its chemical properties, its common uses, how it is typically made and processed, and even its average price. And with improved photographs and drawings, the reader will be taken even more closely to the way real design is done by real designers, selecting the optimum materials for a successful product.The best guide ever published on the on the role of materials, past and present, in product development, by noted materials authority Mike Ashby and professional designer Kara Johnson--now with even better photos and drawings on the Design ProcessSignificant new section on the use of re-cycled materials in products, and the importance of sustainable design for manufactured goods and servicesEnhanced materials profiles, with addition of new materials types like nanomaterials, advanced plastics and bio-based materials