The Plastics Handbook - Softcover

Lefteri, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2888930021 ISBN 13: 9782888930020

Publisher: Rotovision, 2008

Synopsis

Includes examples of cutting-edge design from across disciplines

From plastics with the strength and durability of metal, to mass-produced skins, sensuous plastics, and rental DVDs that expire 48 hours after you've opened the packaging, The Plastics Handbook offers a fascinating insight into the most innovative and unusual plastics for designers and manufacturers throughout the world.

This book gets under the skin of products and materials to reveal the hidden qualities of plastics, exploring the materials that surround us today, and those that will surround us tomorrow, together with their practical applications. The Plastics Handbook is your essential guide to who is making what, from contemporary designer materials to the products of the future, featuring facts and applications for hundreds of new plastic products and materials. The book also has an extensive resources section, including a glossary, a guide to different types of plastics, diagrams of standard manufacturing processes, plus useful website addresses.

About this title

About the Author:

Chris Lefteri (Barnet, UK) is a senior lecturer on the product design course at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He is the author of Materials for Inspirational Design, Materials for Inspirational Design: Metals, and Materials for Inspirational Design: Wood.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rotovision
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 2888930021
• ISBN 13: 9782888930020
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 287