the art and science of material selection in product design /
Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson.
Boston :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
2002.
1 online resource (vii, 336 pages) :
illustrations (some color), portraits
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- A PRACTICAL REFERENCE FOR INSPIRATION: Material profiles -- Shaping profiles -- Joining profiles -- Surface profiles -- APPENDICES: Exercises for the eye and mind -- Select material maps.