The Material of Invention: Materials and Design

Manzini, Ezio; Cau, Pasquale; Fiore, Leonardo; Gianotti, Giuseppe; Meda, Alberto; Santachiara, Denis

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Published by The MIT Press, 1989

0262132427 / 9780262132428

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First American edition. Sticker on rear jacket panel, lightly toned. 1989 Large Hardcover. 255 pp. New materials have radically altered the options available to industrial designers. The Material of Invention examines these new options and suggests what they might portend for the future. A different sort of design history, it focuses almost exclusively on the materials that form the basis of innovative design. The text and nearly 400 illustrations are the product of a large scale collaboration embodying the philosophical and aesthetic responses of Italian designers to the possibilities, limits, and design implications of this challenging new world of materials. The book is in five parts, The first, Matter and Ideas, is theoretical. The second, Portraits of Families in Motion, is historical. The third, Playing with the Possible, is analytical and forms the core of the book; it examines the new possibilities for products that are lightweight, heat resistant, elastic, transparent, and with diverse surface qualities. A fourth part, Exercises in Invention offers a portfolio of design experiments; while the last part consists of a technical appendix, glossary, and bibliography.

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Title
The Material of Invention: Materials and Design
Author
Manzini, Ezio; Cau, Pasquale; Fiore, Leonardo; Gianotti, Giuseppe; Meda, Alberto; Santachiara, Denis
Publisher
The MIT Press
Publication year
1989
Condition
Near Fine
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Near Fine
Binding
Large Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0262132427
ISBN 13
9780262132428
Edition
First American Edition.
Item weight
43 ounces
Dimensions
8x0x12

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