Ultra Materials

How Materials Innovation is Changing the World

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George M. Beylerian, Andrew Dent

Description

Smart substances, intelligent interfaces, sensory surfaces, self-cleaning materials and inflatable membranes are redefining our environment. Using groundbreaking recent products and projects, this exceptional book reveals the application of new materials in architecture, interiors, fashion, textiles, and product and vehicle design.

Special sections are devoted to interviews with designers, such as David Adjaye, Hussein Chalayan and Marcel Wanders who have made particular use of new materials; an analysis of the transformative science being employed, based on fibre technologies, sustainability, biomimicry, nanotechnology and fabric innovation; and a window into the future drawing on the ideas of leading experts.

The book includes a showcase of 400 of the newest materials, an in-depth glossary and a comprehensive directory of designers, material organizations and design publications, as well as details of professional competitions, awards and fellowships and an index of new materials and their properties.

Additional information

Weight 1733 g
Dimensions 22 x 28.7 cm
Publisher name Thames and Hudson Ltd
Publication date 1 November 2007
Number of pages 288
Format Hardback
Contributors Edited by Bradley Quinn
Dimensions 22 x 28.7 cm
Weight 1733 g

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Andrew H. Dent directs Material ConneXion's research into innovative materials and processes.

George M. Beylerian, dubbed 'the guru of goo (and gels, mesh and resin)' by The New York Times, pioneered a creative approach to materials for many decades before founding Material ConneXion in 1997. Devoted to researching and evaluating new materials and based in New York, Material ConneXion also has offices in Milan and Cologne.

Bradley Quinn is the author of numerous books on fashion, architecture and style.