Material Design, English Edition : Informing Architecture by Materiality

ISBN-13: 9783034600354 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 192 str.

Thomas Schrapfer; Thomas Schropfer; James Carpenter

Opis

The approach of Material Design opens the way to an innovative use of materials in the design professions. Taking material qualities and properties such as texture, elasticity and transparency as a point of departure, the book describes a multitude of material operations, like folding and bending, carving and cutting, weaving and knitting, mirroring and screening.

Spis treści

Table of Contents

The Alternative Approach: Observation, Speculation, Experimentation

Difficult Synthesis

Aggregation

Joints and Junctions

Weaving

Modulation

Responsive Materials

Ephemeral Phenomena

Encoding

The Future of Material Design

O autorze

Thomas Schröpfer, Singapore University of Technology and Design SUTD, Singapur.