TY - BOOK AU - Ashby, M. F. AU - Johnson, Kara. TI - Materials and design: the art and science of material selection in product design SN - 0750655542 U1 - 620.11 PY - 2002/// CY - Oxford PB - Butterworth-Heinemann KW - Materials KW - Design, Industrial N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Function and personality -- What influences product design? -- Desig n and designing. -- The stuff ... multidimensional materials. -- Other stuff... shaping, joining, and surfaces. -- Form follows material. -- A structure for material selection. -- Case studies in materials and des ign. -- New Materials: the potential for innovation. -- Conclusions. -- A PRACTICAL REFERENCE FOR INSPIRATION: Material profiles. -- Shaping p rofiles. -- Joining profiles. -- Surface profiles. -- APPENDICES: Exerc ises for the eye and mind. -- Select material maps ER -