Material Matters profiles the most fascinating materials developed in recent years with full page profiles and colorful illustrations.
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Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design
This edition evaluates each manufacturing process in terms of sustainability and its effects on the environment.
Material World 3
Material World 3 contains more than 100 fascinating materials and their application to interior design and architecture.
Transmaterial 3: A Catalog of Materials that Redefine our Physical Environment
Transmaterial 3 provides a broad synopsis of the state of technological advances in materials today with a special emphasis on new developments.
Transmaterial 2: A Catalog of Materials that Redefine our Physical Environment
Transmaterial 2 provides information about the latest and most intriguing materials commercially available.
Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals
An encyclopedic guide to production techniques and materials for product and designers and architects.
Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environment
Catalog of more than 200 materials, organized by category, described, pictured, and annotated with technical and sourcing information.
Smart Materials and Technologies For the Architecture and Design Professions
Addington and Schodek examine developments in new “smart” or “intelligent” materials and technologies.
Materials Handbook
The Materials Handbook is an encyclopedic, A-to-Z organization of all types of materials.
Ripple Bottle
Ross Lovegrove created a water bottle design evoking the hypnotic motion of flowing water.
Handbook of Materials for Product Design
An encyclopedic reference of materials data and specifications for product design.
The Material of Invention
A different sort of design history, it focuses almost exclusively on the materials that form the basis of innovative design.