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The variety of applications for materials in product design has remarkably increased over the last decade. A particular material may be embodied in a kitchen appliance as well as in an office accessory. Even though the technical qualities of the material remain the same in both applications, the expressive meanings attributed to the material may differ considerably. This makes it hard to sustain that a specific material has a definite meaning; that is, neither plastics are cheap surrogate materials, nor is ceramics old-fashioned nowadays. Product designers consider various factors in order to express their intentions through materials. How a material is used, who the user is, and how the material is produced can all be important in their decision for creating particular meanings. The main goal of this study is to explore how people attribute meanings to materials for the aim of supporting designers to involve meanings of materials in materials selection process.
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Today's prevailing design aesthetic is minimalism: clean lines, uncluttered spaces, and simple but elegant materials. Rather than relying on bold fabrics and an overabundance of accessories, designers are allowing surfaces themselves to determine color, pattern, and texture. The perfect tool for this new approach is The Surface Texture Bible, which offers more than 800 samples for surfaces, furnishings, and finishes. The book is a comprehensive resource for choosing metals, glass, plaster, stone, wood, paper, cork, and many other materials to create visual interest in projects large and small. Appropriate for both amateur and professional interior designers, this handy guide features more than 250 pages of large-format color and texture swatches. Also included is essential advice on installing, maintaining, and cleaning finishes, information about product safety, and a list of email addresses for major international suppliers. With a spiral-bound, easy-to-use format, The Surface Texture Bible provides a virtual showroom where designers can go again and again to select just the right materials for every job.
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As architecture programs throughout the country break out of the classroom and adopt the holistic methods of design/build programs, the need for a textbook that bridges the gap between construction materials and design sensibility is sorely needed. "Materials for Design" is that book. Students must be taught how a choice of material affects the form and look of a structure; they must also learn how inspired design can inject any material with true personality and zeal. Broken into five sections glass, wood, metals, plastics, and concrete "Materials for Design" makes a thorough study of each material's properties, followed by a series of 10 12 case studies of that material put to imaginative use by today's brightest architects from around the world. There is no other textbook on the market that tackles material details so thoroughly while presenting lush, inspired color photographs, plan drawings, and detailed architectural diagrams.
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In an age of digital predominance, One Artist, One Material celebrates the limitations and possibilities of physical materials, by means of interviews with 50 world-renowned artists about their material of choice. Over the course of their careers, many artists develop a preference for a particular material, allowing them to become intimately familiar with its physical possibilities and limitations. The artists who share their valuable experiences in this book include Clint Baclawski, James Bridle, Berline de Bruyckere, Jordan Eagles, Martin Huberman, Yusuke Kamata, Mark Khaisman, Jonas Lund, Jorge Otero-Pailos, John Sabraw, Philip Stearns, Hanayuishi Takaya, and Rebecca Ward. One Artist, One Material is a collection of articles that appeared in the eponymous section in Frame magazine. Published since 2008, 'One Artist, One Material' is one of the longest-running and most successful sections of the magazine. Revisiting each of these interviews for compilation into this new book, One Artist, One Material includes new material and further insights. The book also features the most important projects with which these established creatives made their name.
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