Transmaterial 3 : a catalog of materials that redefine our physical environment / edited by Blaine Brownell.

Title & Author:

Transmaterial 3 : a catalog of materials that redefine our physical environment / edited by Blaine Brownell.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Princeton Architectural Press, [2010]
©2010

Description:

251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes indexes.
Concrete -- Mineral -- Metal -- Wood -- Plastic + rubber -- Glass -- Paint + paper -- Fabric -- Light -- Digital.

Summary:

"Provides a broad synopsis of the state of technological advances in materials today, with a special emphasis on new developments in the field of biopolymers and various agriculturally derived products; biomimetic products, systems, and processes that seek to emulate natural examples, including low-embodied-energy and biochemically manufactured products; "grown" materials; nanoscale marvels; renewable energy technologies; "second-life" materials derived from repurposed waste; and responsive, interactive, and transformational digital interfaces that harness pervasive communication networks and are powered by low-energy illumination sources."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9781568988931 (alk. paper)
1568988931 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Materials Technological innovations.
Materials Catalogs.
Design Materials.
Matériaux Innovations.
Matériaux Catalogues.
Design Matériaux.
Materials
Werkstoffkunde
Innovation
Material.
Industriell formgivning.
Industrial design
Sustainable design

Form/genre:

Trade catalogs.
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Brownell, Blaine Erickson, 1970- editor.
Brownell, Blaine Erickson, 1970-

Transmaterial three

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266487
Call No.: BIB 198368
Status: Available

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