Over the last ten years there has been a huge growth in the area of materials for design, but most books on this subject deal with advanced, semi-formed materia

As architecture and design programmes throughout the world break out of the classroom and adopt the holistic methods of design/build programs, Materials for Arc

Materials are the stuff of design. From the very beginning of human history, materials have been taken from the natural world and shaped, modified, and adapted

This book is an action-oriented, accessible guide to design thinking that addresses both the how and why of product design. It encourages designers to look beyo

There are books aplenty on materials selection criteria for engineering design. Most cover the physical and mechanical properties of specific materials, but few