LibGuides: Master of Design: Materials + Material Technology

Materials + Materials Technology

Material Resources
eBooks

MATREC Sustainable Materials & Trends
An international observatory for eco-friendly materials, providing research on sustainable product design and trends. Relevant to Industrial Design, Material Arts, and Environmental Design.
Material District
Innovative material applications in architecture and design, offering insights into cutting-edge materials worldwide.
Materiom Commons
An open-access database of biomaterial recipes, including agar bioplastics and kombucha fabric. Relevant to Material Arts, Industrial Design, and Environmental Design. PRIVACY NOTICE: Account creation requires personal information and marketing consent.
Transmaterial
Provides information on emerging materials in design and architecture, serving as a digital companion to the Transmaterial book series. Relevant to Industrial Design, Material Arts, and Environmental Design.
GreenFILE
Covers global warming, sustainability, pollution, and renewable energy, with abstracts for 384,000+ records and Open Access full text for 4,700+ records.
Core 77
An online hub for industrial design professionals and students since 1995. Features articles, discussion forums, materials updates, job listings, and design firm databases, as well as competitions and events. Relevant to Industrial Design and Product Design.
Berg Fashion Library
Covers global dress and fashion history, featuring designer biographies, 150,000 images, and 100+ ebooks, including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion. Relevant to Fashion and Textiles.

Books and eBooks

The CHEMARTS Cookbook
The CHEMARTS Cookbook gives both simple and more advanced ideas and recipes for hands-on experiments with wood-based materials. The book showcases the most interesting explorations focusing on raw materials that are processed either chemically or mechanically from trees or other plants: cellulose fibres, micro- or nano-structured fibrils, cellulose derivatives, lignin, bark and wood extractives.

The PDF is free for download.

Manufacturing Processes for Textile and Fashion Design by Rob Thompson; Martin Thompson
Call Number: book on order
ISBN: 9780500517413
Publication Date: 2014-12-09
Materials for Design by Chris Lefteri
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2014-06-03
The Materials Sourcebook for Design Professionals by Rob Thompson; Martin Thompson
Call Number: book on order
ISBN: 9780500518540
Publication Date: 2017-02-14
Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design by Bjarki Hallgrimsson
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2012-10-03
Sustainable Materials, Processes and Production by Rob Thompson (Photographer); Martin Thompson; Rob Thompson
Call Number: book on order
ISBN: 9780500290712
Publication Date: 2013-05-01