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Basics Product Design: Material Thoughtsdescribes the various materials and processes available to product designers, and how to use and combine them. It encourages an experimental approach to product design and finishing. The book explores the thinking of leading designers and producers who challenge convention through curiosity and experimentation. It aims to promote a physical enquiry of materials and a mentality that is constantly asking ‘what could be done if…?’ Key contributors include: Alessi, Chris Kabel, Demakersvandroog, Drummond Masterton, Ettore Sottsass, Front, Gene Kiegel, Industreal, Inflate, Ingo Maurer, Jaime Hayon, Jurgen Bey, Kartell, Maarten Baas, Mathias Bengtsson, Matthias Pliessnig, Memphis, molo, Philippe Starck, Shigeru Ban, Simon Heijdens, Stuart Haygarth, Stuart Walker, Studio Libertiny, Tejo Remy and Rene Veenhuizen.

745.5 --- materialenkennis --- designmaterialen --- productdesign --- designmaterialen - algemeen --- Materials. --- New products --- Design.

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From plastics with the strength and durability of metal to mass-produced skins, sensuous plastics, and rental DVDs that expire 48 hours after you've opened the packaging, "Plastics 2" offers a fascinating insight into the most innovative and unusual plastics for designers and manufacturers throughout the world. This book gets under the skin of products and materials to reveal the hidden qualities of plastics, and explores some of the materials that surround us today, and those that will surround us tomorrow, together with their practical applications. So if you want to know who is making what, from contemporary designer materials to tomorrow's everyday products, "Plastics 2" features facts and applications for dozens of new plastic products and materials, key properties of each material featured, plus invaluable Web contact addresses. The sixth volume in the respected 'Materials for Inspirational Design' series, "Plastics 2" will both inspire and amaze.

plastic [organic material] --- kunststoffen --- plastics --- Plastics --- designtoepassingen --- designmaterialen --- plastic --- 745.59 --- designmaterialen - plastic --- Industrieel ontwerpen --- Industrieel ontwerpen. --- Plastics.

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Chapter 1 Function and Personality Chapter 2 What Influences Product Design? Chapter 3 Design and Designing Chapter 4 The Stuff... Multi-dimensional Materials Chapter 5 Other Stuff... Shaping, Joining and Surfaces Chapter 6 Form Follows Material Chapter 7 A Structure for Material Selection Chapter 8 Case Studies in Materials and Design Chapter 9 New Materials--The Potential for Innovation Chapter 10 Conclusions A Practical Reference for Inspiration Material Profiles Shaping Profiles Joining Profiles Surface Profiles Appendices Exercises for the Eye and Mind Selected Material Maps Index

designmaterialen --- materialenkennis --- productontwikkeling --- productdesign --- materialen --- 745.5 --- designmaterialen - algemeen --- materials science --- materiaalkennis --- Materials sciences --- Architecture --- Productontwikkeling. --- departement Beeldende Kunst 08

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Materials --- Matériaux --- Technological innovations. --- Catalogs. --- Innovations --- Catalogues --- bouwmaterialen --- beton --- steen --- hout --- metaal --- plastic --- rubber --- glas --- composietmaterialen --- licht --- materialenkennis --- designmaterialen --- 745.5 --- designmaterialen - algemeen --- Technological innovations --- Catalogs --- Matériaux

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Materials --- 749.039 --- 749.02 --- Industrieel design ; 21ste eeuw ; nieuwe materialen --- 745.5 --- designmaterialen --- materialenkennis --- Meubelkunst en design ; 2000 - 2050 --- Meubelkunst en design ; technieken, materialen --- designmaterialen - algemeen --- Materials.