Material innovation: product design

For the first time, materials technology the single most important agent of change in our designed landscape, from the buildings in which we live and work to the clothes we wear is analysed to show its transformation, volume by volume, of ten creative disciplines.

It is being produced in association with Material ConneXion, keeper of the largest materials and processes library in the world.

This volume is on Product Design, and features carefully selected products that showcase the innovative use of a particular material. It includes six specially commissioned visual narratives by experts in the field, and an extensive illustrated materials directory with detailed information on almost 100 materials.

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Subject(s)Design and technology
Author(s)Andrew H Dent, Leslie Sherr
Age11-14, 14-16
Published2014
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Shelf reference600.6585 DEN
ISN/ISBN9780500291290
Direct URLhttps://www-dev.stem.org.uk/x8va5

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