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Radical matter : rethinking materials for a sustainable future
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ISBN: 9780500295397 0500295395 Year: 2019 Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson,

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Rejecting old assumptions and revitalizing the principles of sustainable production, Radical Matter reimagines material and process to provide the manifesto for a revolution in material innovation. This book celebrates the designer and maker as an agent for radical change, disrupting the way we design, make and consume through material innovation. Framed by eight 'Big Ideas,' with over sixty fully illustrated case studies featuring testimonies from global industry experts, this is an essential introduction to the cutting edge of design for a sustainable future"-- Back cover


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Permanent change : plastics in architecture and engineering
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ISBN: 9781616891664 1616891661 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York Princeton Architectural Press

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"Almost every industry in the world has benefited from the invention of plastics, but it is only in the recent past that they have begun to be appreciated as architectural materials in their own right. Plastics are quickly becoming one of the most ubiquitous materials in construction and have the potential to reshape the roles of architects and engineers, as well as the construction industry at large. As a building material, plastic allows for easily molded and formed shapes, leading to increasingly malleable design processes. Despite being the most deeply engineered building materials today, plastics are still in the nascent stages of understanding in terms of their potential applications and uses. In Permanent Change an interdisciplinary group of architects, historians, theorists, and engineers collectively explore the past, present, and future possibilities of this innovative building material"-- "While plastics are perhaps the most deeply engineered building materials today, we are still in the nascent stages of understanding their potential applications and uses. Permanent Change sheds new light on these materials and their implications for the fields of architecture and engineering. Materials that once forecast easily molded shapes have become a permanent measure and control point in design. Permanent Change is the fourth in the series Columbia Books on Materials and Architecture"--


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Aesthetics of sustainability : material experiments in product design
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ISBN: 9783038630623 3038630624 Year: 2022 Publisher: Zürich Triest Verlag für Architektur, Design und Typografie

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This volume summarizes the results of "The Aesthetics of Sustainability", a research project led by ECAL/Ecole cantonale d`art de Lausanne. It brought together master’s students of product design, established materials specialists, manufacturers and researchers with the aim of exploring and defining the aesthetic potential of a new generation of sustainable materials. The result of this research-through-design project is a series of fourteen case studies involving the development of materials made from textile waste, recycled paper, rubber granulate or vegetable fibers such as algae, rice husks, hemp, flax and wood. The resulting new materials can be shaped, pressed, woven or welded. A selection of these materials will be presented through experiments and prototypes of products. The aim is to offer future designers a range of practical tools and applied knowledge about the methods of analyzing and processing seminal materials, utilizing their advantageous qualities and developing functional, yet aesthetically intriguing objects.The materials further aim to provide proof that sustainable materials are a great market opportunity for manufacturers and consumers alike.


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Materials encyclopedia for creatives
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ISBN: 9783035622461 3035622469 Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel : Birkhäuser,

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"Materials and the myriad technologies that have been developed to manipulate them are of essential relevance to product designers, architects, artists and stylists, as they represent the starting point for every product and every architectural work. The book is an encyclopaedic compendium of around 1,000 terms in this field, from aerogel to marble to zirconium. It features traditional and frequently used materials, as well as new and unexpected ones. Their respective advantages and disadvantages are precisely described. In addition, terms related to production processes, such as upcycling or tanning, or that describe the properties of materials or are closely related to the topic have also been included" [Back cover]


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Fluid Bodies : Methods for Casting New Esthetics
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ISBN: 9783035625868 3035625867 Year: 2023 Publisher: Basel Birkhauser Verlag

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Cast materials become solid, yet they originate as fluid materials that can take on any imaginable form. This simple yet radical paradigm allows for the exploration of volumetric formations through process-oriented casting and experimentation with alternative ways of manufacturing, presenting, and shaping casting molds.Working with hardening bodies fundamentally challenges the notion of formal rigidity; conventional formwork models are reconsidered, and a new aesthetic emerges.Fluid Bodies presents a variety of objects created using alternative casting methods. The book documents experimental artistic research and showcases innovative and surprising sculptures in concrete and plaster.

Smart materials in architecture, interior architecture and design
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ISBN: 376437327X 9783764373276 3764382279 9783764382278 1299864376 9781299864375 3764373261 9783764373269 Year: 2007 Publisher: Basel Boston Birkhäuser

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Die Anwendung von Smart Materials in der Architektur ist ein innovatives, dynamisches Gebiet, in dem Forschung, Entwicklung und Anwendung im Bau fließend ineinander übergehen. Smart Materials mit ihren reversiblen Wechseleigenschaften reagieren auf Stimuli wie Licht, Temperatur und elektrisches Feld. Sie verändern sich dabei in Form, Farbe, Viskosität etc. Zu den faszinierendsten Entwicklungen gehören Formgedächtnis-Legierungen oder Phase Change Materials. Es lassen sich beispielsweise selbsttätig agierende kinetische Fassaden entwickeln oder auch Tapeten, die temperatur- und lichtabhängig Farbe und Muster verändern. Das Buch stellt einleitend die Entwicklung dieser Materialien sowie ihren Kontext in Architektur, Design und Kunst dar. Ein systematisch aufgebauter Überblick mit zahlreichen Details über Eigenschaften, Technologien, Produkte und Projekte wird anhand von rund zwanzig Materialgruppen gegeben. The use of smart materials in architecture is a dynamic and innovative area merging research, development, and use. Smart materials, with their reversible characteristics, respond to stimuli such as light, temperature, and electrical field by changing their form, color, viscosity, etc. One of the most fascinating developments is the advent of Phase Change Materials. These materials make it possible, for example, to develop self-acting, kinetic facades and wallpaper that changes its color and pattern based on temperature and light. The book presents the development of these materials and also describes their use in the contexts of architecture, design, and art. It offers a systematic overview with a detailed discussion of properties, technologies, products, and projects based on twenty groups of smart materials.


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Elements in architecture : Materialien.
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ISBN: 9783836503402 3836503409 Year: 2008 Publisher: Köln Taschen

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Ce livre présente les plus importants matériaux utilisés aujourd'hui en architecture. Le bois, la pierre, le verre et les matériaux synthétiques sont traités ici comme des éléments architecturaux en soi. Chaque matériau fait l'objet d'un chapitre illustré de nombreuses photos de réalisations d'architectes célèbres qui rendent hommage à son expressivité. Edition en français-allemand-néerlandais. (jaquette)


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Exploring materials : creative design for everyday objects.
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ISBN: 9781568987682 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York Princeton architectural press

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This book is an action-oriented, accessible guide to design thinking that addresses both the how and why of product design. It encourages designers to look beyond the abstraction of pure forms or the whimsy of virtual objects, and instead to make and test real objects in a studio environment.--[book cover]


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Futurotextiel : surprising textiles, design & art.
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ISBN: 9789058562944 Year: 2008 Publisher: Oostkamp Stichting kunstboek

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Futurotextiel - eind 2008 verschenen naar aanleiding van de gelijknamige tentoonstelling - is meer dan zomaar een tentoonstellingscatalogus. Het boek biedt biedt een overzichtelijke kijk op de originele, innovatieve en kwalitatieve oplossingen die de traditionele textielsector vandaag te bieden heeft. De talrijke ontwerpen van designers, kunstenaars, bedrijven, laboratoria en hogescholen die in de tentoonstelling aan bod komen, geven ons een zicht op hoe de uitgebreide mogelijkheden en innovatieve materialen van de hedendaagse textielsector ten volle benut worden. Textiel is immers terug te vinden in tal van toepassingen, gaande van kledij, tapijten en gordijnen tot fietsen, auto's en zelfs de medische sector. Kunst, wetenschap, technologie, design en architectuur vloeien hier moeiteloos in elkaar over en weerspiegelen zo de dynamiek van deze sector.

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