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| Ultra Materials: How Materials Innovation Is Changing the World | 
 enlarge | Authors: George M. Beylerian, Michele Caniato, Andrew Dent, Bradley Quinn
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Category: Book
List Price: $75.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 174990
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0500513821
Dewey Decimal Number: 620.11
EAN: 9780500513828
ASIN: 0500513821
Publication Date: November 30, 2007
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Product Description
The single most significant influence on today's manmade environment: materials innovation.
Smart substances, intelligent interfaces, and sensory surfaces are redefining the world we live in, from self-cleaning materials based on the surface morphology of a lotus leaf to outdoor pavilions made from inflatable membrane exteriors to temperature-regulated clothing.
The people at Material ConneXion are uniquely placed to explain these developments:
? the context and key tools for innovation, including biomimicry, nanotechnology, and sustainability;
? the application of new materials in interior, fashion, textiles, product, and vehicle design;
? where current developments are leading, along with the implications for educators, professionals, and society as a whole.
The book includes a classified presentation of the four hundred most recent significant materials; a directory of designers, design conferences, trade shows, and professional organizations; and details of degree programs, grants, scholarships, internships, research labs, and competitions.
Here is an indispensable resource for interior, product, graphic, and fashion designers, and for anyone involved with packaging, design, or architecture. 600+ illustrations and photographs in color and black and white.
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Disappointing and misleading March 20, 2008
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is a book written by the folks who are tied to Material Connexion - a for-fee, for-profit group who have researched many materials that you can only access as a paid member. (And the membership is NOT cheap.) What that translated into, for this book, is that the discussion revolves around specific, groundbreaking materials without ever revealing what they are. So the sum total of information you can glean is NOTHING. Essentially, they state that there ARE cool materials out there but not who makes them or where to source them. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. There is another title, Transmaterial and its second edition, Transmaterial 2 which does an excellent job of researching the same materials - and then giving the designer or architect the information necessary to actually find and purchase those materials. Very disappointing and misleading.
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