Materials Experience: fundamentals of materials and design by Elvin Karana

By Elvin Karana

There at the moment exists an abundance of fabrics choice suggestion for designers suited for fixing technical product requisites. against this, a stark hole are available in present literature that articulates the very genuine own, social, cultural and fiscal connections among fabrics and the layout of the fabric global. In fabrics event: basics of fabrics and design, thirty-four of the major academicians and specialists, along eight expert designers, have come jointly for the 1st time to provide their services and insights on a couple of themes universal to fabrics and product layout. the result's a truly readable and sundry landscape at the global of fabrics and product layout because it presently stands.

• Contributions by means of the various so much well known fabrics specialists and architects within the box this day, with a foreword by means of Mike Ashby.
• The publication is geared up into 4 major topics: sustainability, person interplay, know-how and selection.

Between chapters, you will find the results of interviews carried out with the world over identified designers. those ‘designer perspectives’ will offer a ‘time out’ from the tutorial articles, with emphasis put on interesting insights, product examples and visuals.

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