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Exploring materials [electronic resource] : creative design for everyday objects / Inna Alesina and Ellen Lupton.

By:

Alesina, Inna, 1969-

Contributor(s):

Publication details: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 208 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

745.2 22

LOC classification:

TA403.6 .A447 2010eb

Online resources:

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Contents:

Unlock ideas: using materials for inspiration -- Study, prototype, test : journey through the design process -- Know your values : why design? -- Think with materials : everyday uses and inspiring experiments -- Make it real : from prototype to product.

Summary: This book is an action-oriented, accessible guide to design thinking that addresses both the how and why of product design. It encourages designers to look beyond the abstraction of pure forms or the whimsy of virtual objects, and instead to make and test real objects in a studio environment.--[book cover].

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Item type	Current library	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
E-Book	Strathmore University (Main Library) Online Resource		Link to resource	Not for loan

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 206) and index.

This book is an action-oriented, accessible guide to design thinking that addresses both the how and why of product design. It encourages designers to look beyond the abstraction of pure forms or the whimsy of virtual objects, and instead to make and test real objects in a studio environment.--[book cover].

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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