This fundamental new resource explores innovative production techniques and materials that are having an impact on the design industry worldwide. Organized into four easily referenced parts--Forming, Cutting, Joining, and Finishing--over seventy manufacturing processes are explained in depth with full technical descriptions; analyses of the typical applications, design opportunities, and considerations each process offers; and information on cost, speed, and environmental impact. The accompanying step-by-step case studies look at a product or component being manufactured at a leading...
This fundamental new resource explores innovative production techniques and materials that are having an impact on the design industry worldwide. Orga...
This book is an essential reference for all product, packaging, and graphic design students. It is filled with information on more than thirty-five processes that they need to know and fully understand. Photographs of geometry, detail, and surface complete the volume.
This book is an essential reference for all product, packaging, and graphic design students. It is filled with information on more than thirty-five pr...
Today's technological advancements have resulted in traditional materials being used in increasingly innovative ways; designers are able to push the materials they use to their limits. Understanding these materials helps designers make inspired, practical decisions with confidence. The Materials Sourcebook for Design Professionals provides comprehensive, accurate information about the basic materials with which designers work on a daily basis, as well as a complete breakdown of new and exciting developments in high-tech materials.
This inspiring and useful book is organized...
Today's technological advancements have resulted in traditional materials being used in increasingly innovative ways; designers are able to push th...
