The Material of Invention: Materials and Design Tapa dura - 1989

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MIT Press (MA), 1989. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

MIT, 1989. 255pp. Over sized white hardback, slight bump to lower spine edge causing a slight crease, DJ VG with light wear at lower spine edge, bibliography, glossary, appendices, b&w and color photos and illustrations, "New materials have radically altered the options available to industrial designers. The Material of Invention examines these new options and suggests what they might portend for the future. A different sort of design history, it focuses almost exclusively on the materials that form the basis of innovative design", . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

The MIT Press, 1989-05-10. Stated first edition. Hardcover. very good/fine. NOT an ex library book. Book has some small pink spots at top of front and rear covers. 255pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price sticker top of front endflap.

Cam : The MIT Press, 1989. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. The jacket is a little toned. Completely clean inside and out. Illustrated in black & white with some color. Illustrations on every page. Edited by Ezio Manzini. With contributions by Pasquale Cau, Leonardo Fiore, Giuseppe Gianotti, Alberto Meda and Denis Santachiara. Stated first MIT Press edition. Glossary. Bibliography. 12" high X 8" wide, 255 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1989. First American Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x0x12. First American edition. Sticker on rear jacket panel, jacket and page edges lightly toned. 1989 Large Hardcover. 255 pp. New materials have radically altered the options available to industrial designers. The Material of Invention examines these new options and suggests what they might portend for the future. A different sort of design history, it focuses almost exclusively on the materials that form the basis of innovative design. The text and nearly 400 illustrations are the product of a large scale collaboration embodying the philosophical and aesthetic responses of Italian designers to the possibilities, limits, and design implications of this challenging new world of materials. The book is in five parts, The first, Matter and Ideas, is theoretical. The second, Portraits of Families in Motion, is historical. The third, Playing with the Possible, is analytical and forms the core of… Leer más