Karana E., Pedgley O., Rognoli V. Materials Experience: Fundamentals of Materials and Design

Butterworth-Heinemann, Amsterdam, 2014. - 376 p.There currently exists an abundance of materials selection advice for designers suited to solving technical product requirements. In contrast, a stark gap can be found in current literature that articulates the very real personal, social, cultural and economic connections between materials and the design of the material world. In "Materials Experience: Fundamentals of Materials and Design", thirty-four of the leading academicians and experts, alongside 8 professional designers, have come together for the first time to offer their expertise and insights on a number of topics common to materials and product design. The result is a very readable and varied panorama on the world of materials and product design as it currently stands. Contributions by many of the most prominent materials experts and designers in the field today, with a foreword by Mike Ashby.The book is organized into 4 main themes: sustainability, user interaction, technology and selection. Between chapters, you will find the results of interviews conducted with internationally known designers. These 'designer perspectives' will provide a 'time out' from the academic articles, with emphasis placed on fascinating insights, product examples and visuals.Designing Material Experience
Sensing Materials: Exploring the Building Blocks for Experiential Design
Tactile Aesthetics of Materials and Design
The Sound and Taste of Materials
Manipulating the Material Code: The Transformation of Material Meaning in Contemporary Japanese Design
The Immaterial of Materials
Materials and Social Sustainability
The"Material" Side of Design for Sustainability
Designing with Waste
Meaningful Stuff: Toward Longer Lasting Products
Toward a New Materials Aesthetic Based on Imperfection and Graceful Aging
Conception and Realization of a Sustainable Materials Library
Sustainable Multipurpose Materials for Design
The Next Generation of Materials and Design
Nanomaterials in Design
Sensing and Energy Harvesting Novel Polymer Composites
Biomimetic Materials
Lightweight Materials, Lightweight Design?
Materials Driven Design
Interaction between Functional and Human-Centered Attributes in Materials Selection
Modeling Materials Technology and the Designers' Perceptual Span
From Stiffness of Iron–Carbon Diagrams to Weakness of Sensoriality: The Manifold Designerly Ways of Developing Engineering Competencies in Materials
The Concept–Context Approach to Learning Material Properties in Design(-Related) Education
Materials Selection for Product Experience: New Thinking, New Tools
Inspirational Resources for Materials and Design