Materials that Move Smart Materials, Intelligent Design

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Synopsis

This book presents a design-driven investigation into smart materials developed by chemists, physicists, materials and chemical engineers, and applied by designers to consumer products, buildings, interfaces, or textiles. Introducing a class of smart materials (referred to as stimuli-responsive, morphing or kinetic materials) that move and change their shape in response to stimuli, the book presents their characteristics, advantages, potentials, as well as the difficulties involved in their application. The book also presents a large number of case studies on products, projects, concepts, and experiments employing smart materials, thus mapping out new design territories for these innovative materials. The case studies involve different fields of design, including product, interior, fashion, and communication design. Reflecting the growing demand for sustainable and human-centered design agendas, the book explores and reveals the role and influence of these new materials and technologies on design and human experience, and discusses how they can be used to redefine our objects and spaces so as to promote more resilient environments. The book offers an intriguing and valuable resource for design professionals, engineers, scientists and students alike.

Book details

Series:
SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
Author:
Murat Bengisu, Marinella Ferrara
ISBN:
9783319768892
Related ISBNs:
9783319768885
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2018-10-18
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2018
Copyright by:
The Author 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Technology