Edwin van Onna, Innovative Structures and Finishes for Interiors, ISBN 3764367458
An excellent book, with information laid out in an engaging manner and great images to accompany each feature. It showcases some exciting materials useful to all areas of design, but with an emphasis on interiors and furniture.
A Fuad-Luke, The Eco Design Handbook: A complete sourcebook for the home and office, Thames and Hudson, ISBN 0500283435
A superb pocket sized book with more than 350 pages packed tight with materials and products selected from an ecologically sensitive perspective. Chapters are broken down into areas such as lighting, appliances and transport architecture.
Nicola Stattmann, Ultra Light, Super Strong: A new generation of design materials, Birkhauser, 2004, ISBN 3764324171
A great range of materials, with a particular bias towards those which could be applied to product design. The easy to digest information is enhanced by great graphic layout.
E Lupton, J Tobias, A Imperiate. G Jeffers, R Mates, Skin: Surface, substance and design, Princeton Architectural Press, 2002, ISBN 1568983182
A range of creative applications of materials by some of the leading contemporary designers. Great for getting inspiration.
C Lefteri, Materials for Inspirational Design, RotoVision 2001-03
A six-book series giving case studies on products, fashion and architecture that showcase inspirational materials and uses for them.
- Plastic, ISBN 2880465486
- Plastics 2, ISBN 2940361061
- Glass, ISBN 2880465699
- Wood, ISBN 2880466458
- Ceramics, ISBN 2880466687
- Metals, ISBN 2880467624
M Ashby and K Johnson, Materials and Design: The art and science of material selection in product design, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002, ISBN 0750655542
A great resource for understanding materials and their application in industrial design. It covers both materials and the manufacturing techniques used to process them. An invaluable resource with loads of technical as well as basic information.
M Kutz (ed), Handbook of Materials Selection, Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0471359246
G S Brady, H R Clauser, J A Vaccari, Materials Handbook, McGraw Hill, 2002, ISBN 007136076X
Prof P.M.B Walker (ed), Chambers Materials Science and Technology Dictionary, Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, 1993, ISBN 055013249X
T Mori (ed), Immaterial, Ultramaterial: Architecture, design and materials, George Braziller, 2002, ISBN 0807615080
G Dieter (ed), ASM Handbook: Materials selection and design (Vol 20), ASM international, ISBN 0871703866
Materio, Material World 2, Birkauser, 2005, ISBN 3764372796
Els Zijlstra, Material Skills, evolution of materials, Materia, 2005, ISBN 90-807771-2-9
J.G. Bralla, Handbook of Product Design for Manufacture: A practical guide to low-cost production, McGraw Hill, 1986, ISBN 0070071306
J Lesko, Industrial Design: Materials and manufacturing, Wiley, 1998, ISBN 0471297690
C A Harper, Handbook of Materials for Product Design, McGraw-Hill, 2001, ISBN 007135406-9