Material ConneXion: The Global Resource of New and Innovative Materials for Architects, Artists and Designers - Hardcover

9780500512449: Material ConneXion: The Global Resource of New and Innovative Materials for Architects, Artists and Designers
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HardCover Pub Date: November 2005 Pages: 288 in Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd Materials are On the single most important element underpinning all that is the most innovative in 21st-century architecture. interior. product. industrial and fashion design which profusely in illustrated Material ConneXion identifies the key trends in this fast-moving area. giving the reader a full understanding of materialsa potential and applications. The aXa in ConneXion is the perfect symbolic crossroads: this is a book that connects materials to designers. for whom it will be an essential read.

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Materials are the single most important element underpinning all that is most innovative in 21st-century architecture, interior, product, industrial and fashion design. The profusely illustrated Material ConneXion identifies the key trends in this fast-moving area, giving the reader a full understanding of materials’ potential and applications. The ‘X’ in ConneXion is the perfect symbolic crossroads: this is a book that connects materials to designers, for whom it will be an essential read.
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"If you see a new material, it s like a key that opens a door. Behind the door there s a kind of new world, filled with new people, new figures, new ideas, new visions."
Wolfgang Joop, Fashion Designer, Hamburg, Germany

"My favorite materials are one that can be almost immaterial in appearance glass or plastics. Plastics provide the most varied performances, finishes, and diverse properties. They inspire me to create fluid, soft, organic, almost human form."
Karim Rashid, Industrial Designer, New York

"Materials are the building blocks Innovation in Materials is Innovation in Architecture and Design."
Peter Marino, Architects and Interior Designer, New York

"Each new material allows you to bring life to a new concept."
Philippe Starck, Designer, Paris, New York, London

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