Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals
Rob Thompson
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| ‘The definitive reference for 3D designers, product designers, architects and engineers’ | | – New Design |
Today’s product designers are presented with a huge number of choices when creating their work and preparing it for manufacture.
With some 1,200 specially commissioned photographs and technical illustrations, this is the definitive, clearly organized reference for product designers, 3D designers, engineers and architects who need highly accessible and practical information.
The book explores innovative production techniques and materials that are having an impact on the design industry worldwide. Organized into four easily referenced parts –
Forming, Cutting, Joining and Finishing – over seventy manufacturing processes are explained in depth with
• full technical descriptions
• analyses of the typical applications
• design opportunities and considerations for each process
• information on cost, speed and environmental impact
Step-by-step case studies look at a real-life products or components being manufactured.
The directory of more than fifty materials includes
• detailed technical profiles
• images of typical applications and finishes
• an overview of each material’s design characteristics
Rob Thompson is a lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, specializing in materials and manufacturing. He is co-founder of Creative Resource Lab, which provides design training for businesses and design professionals. An award-winning designer, he is involved in the development of materials and products for a range of international clients.
Also of interest:
Material ConneXion: The Global Resource of New and
Innovative Materials for Architects, Artists and Designers
Ultra Materials: How Materials Innovation is Changing the World
The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals
Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists,
Architects, and Designers
The Glaze Book: A Visual Catalogue of Decorative
Ceramic Glazes
Signage Systems & Information Graphics
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500513759 | | ISBN-13 978-0500513750 | | | | 28.5 x 21.5 cm | | Hardback | | 528pp | | With over 1200 colour illustrations | | First published 2007 | | | | £48.00 | | | |  | | | | 
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